Back on not long after. Think it was just a cut because he ran off with the doc down the tunnel.

Enjoyed that first half. Hastings makes us look miles better.

.... and then went off not long after that.

How did the fastest Player in training get on?

From speaking to a friend who attended he says we were good in the first half and poor in the second but we also changed the team around and gave young lads a chance.

I can live with that TBH, although it would have been nice to get a win for Faz’ testimonial changing the team around so much is bound to have an effect.

That’s right, the first 30 mins I thought we were pretty good but once the player merry go round started we looked all at sea. More positives than negatives for me though. Really enjoyed it even though it was colder than the mother in laws affection.

I think Partington will be in the 17 after that - Clark didn't look anywhere near fit enough so doubt he'll be in the mix.

Partington, Byrne & Marshall I thought were all superb today

Isa looked as threatening as I’ve seen him for the first 40 mins. Interesting that Greenwood was played on the right side in his spell, even with Faz off the field. It was also interesting to see Hastings popping up all over the field and not just sticking to one side.

Typical pre season game with it being really scrappy and not much of a spectacle once the changes started but guess they got what they needed to from it.

How did Clarke look?

Didn’t seem to do too long. Looked in good shape compared to when I saw him play for Leigh last year but maybe a bit eager to impress. Made an error in contact and didn’t do much of a stint. I thought Bullock was his usual handful with the ball and looks fitter. He’ll be an important player for us this year. We cannot just rely on George Burgess to take us forward through the middle.

Poor turnout for faz 3700 one club elite player respected by all what’s happened to the loyal Wigan support ?

Disgraceful attendance for a club which claims to be biggest and best in the game.

Even St Helens had a attendance of 4,125 for McCarthy-Scarbrooke's Testimonial game against London Broncos and he is not in the same class as Liam Farrell.

Perhaps, it would have been better to play the Testimonial game against Leigh Centurions as there might have been more away supporters and the Thursday game against Swinton Lions.

As the song goes "Things ain't what they used to be".

I thought Clarke was awful. Can't remember him taking the ball into contact once and looked knackered after a couple of minutes and was struggling to get back in the defensive line. My scapegoat for the year!

Looked good for the first 30/35 until all the changes. I never read too much into friendlies.

What is taking the 2 in a friendly all about?!

Typical warm up game. Started with a strong team and looked unusually good for the preseason. Several of the young forwards were steaming in and Hastings looks class. A noticeable tailing off when we started to rotate the young lads on yet they did not look bad against a strong Leeds side. Bibby tackled well. I did not notice Mitch Clarke at all. The final score flattered Leeds with a terrible attempted catch leading to a score in the last minute and a couple of the young lads coughed up position in contact. It was interesting to see Leeds having to take two quite late in the game against a very inexperienced side.

I thought there were some really positive signs in that first half today.

From only a couple of touches you can tell Hastings is class and the more he settles in the better it’ll get. Think faz will have a field day running onto those drop off plays this season like josh Jones did at Salford last season!

Really liked french linking into the line from fullback and looked threatening ball in hand, and added another dimension to our kicking game with some nice grubbers...the one into the corner forcing a drop out was a particularly good play!

I agree a lot of positives from today’s game and it bodes well for the season. We need to work on our play the ball, we must have knocked on or not played it correctly about 5 times.

We shouldn’t need to, that’s amateur grass roots stuff?

On a side note how did Zak go on at centre?

Zak was brilliant at centre as was expected.

Agree that Bullock could make our season if his fitness and his defence has improved
For 20 minutes or so today we looked OK . I think the game to a degree also confirmed the need to keep SOL and TL on the field as long as possible.

Overall a good first half and a second half of too many youngsters on the field at the same time.

Not sure about ZH at centre but at the same time quite excited about French at FB.

Quite enjoyed the game.

I enjoyed the game too. A good contest in the first half against a pretty full-strength Leeds side with Gale already seeming to slot in quite nicely. Plenty of game time for everyone in the second half, fair enough, but plenty of positives there. Another unhappy day for Joe Burgess, all the more so when Marshall shone on the other flank. Let's hope he finds his groove.

Couldn't get there due to work commitments but I know there's a big focus on the ptb this season. Won't get away with as many clear stepovers. Better to learn these lessons in pre season

Marshall was probably our mom
Burgers needs to grab hold of Marshalls enthusiasm and work rate

We were comfortably the better side in the first half, both in attack and defence with Leeds only score coming from a lucky bounce pretty much on the half time hooter. Prior to that we had seemed comfortable in defence, Hurrell aside, and showed some invention in attack. The best being the O'Loughlin pass for Isa's try, which was absolutely sublime. Hastings also added a new element and overall there was plenty application and energy. As others have said, we seemed to lose our way a bit once the first team were on the sidelines.

Possibly the best pre season performance I've seen in quite some time. Even the kids had a dig in the second half but came up with a few too many errors. The final score definitely flattered Leeds as they had been outclassed in the first half and only came into the game once we were basically playing a reserve side. I think we finished with only 3 of the starting 17 on the field, all in the backs.

Good first hit out. I definitely feel there is more to come once Hastings has settled in more and the likes of Burgess, Manfredi, Flower and Gildart are available. We also had a kicking game courtesy of Hastings and how long is it since we've been able to say that?