Shaun Wane has named his 19-man squad for Saturday’s Betfred Super League Grand Final against Warrington Wolves on Saturday 13th October, kick-off 6:00pm.
Wigan head into Saturday’s Grand Final with an unchanged 19-man squad from the side that faced Castleford Tigers in the Semi-Final last Friday.
19-Man Squad for Warrington Wolves: John Bateman, Tony Clubb, Tom Davies, Morgan Escare, Liam Farrell, Ben Flower, Oliver Gildart, Joe Greenwood, Gabe Hamlin, Tommy Leuluai, Dom Manfredi, Romain Navarrete, Sean O’Loughlin, Sam Powell, Dan Sarginson, Ryan Sutton, Taulima Tautai, Sam Tomkins, George Williams.
A limited number of tickets are still available for the biggest game of the season from the DW Stadium ticket office until 2pm TODAY (Thursday 11th October). Get yours by calling 01942 311111 or heading down in person. Tickets are no longer available via our online ticket store.
Due to industrial action, rail services between Wigan and Manchester are very limited. Because of this, fans planning on using public transport are advised to book a place on one of the club’s coaches. These depart the rear of the DW Stadium at 3:30pm on Saturday. For more information, call 01942 311111.

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Unchanged, looks like TT and the very unlucky Hamlin to miss out.

Warrington Squad

Ryan Atkins, Kevin Brown, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Mike Cooper, Bryson Goodwin, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, George King, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Harvey Livett, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Declan Patton, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Tyrone Roberts, Bodene Thompson, Ben Westwood


Unchanged Squad for the Wire.

Hamlin and Tautai to miss out for me. Hamlin is a tough one but I'd sooner have Escare as he's capable of a game breaking moment of magic, and provides injury cover in the backs/halves. No question at all of picking Tautai, wish we could sell him

In the 2/3 games he covered for Sam recently he let the ball bounce numerous times (I think 5/6) and we got away with it. I also think our wingers are a bit more tentative at the back when He's on.
It feels like he may be there in case were struggling and were behind - And I wouldn't feel comfortable bringing him on if the game was tight last 20.

I'd have picked Hamlin last week and would again this week
Bateman could go to centre - Leaving Sarge to cover if needed

However trust in Wane and either way I don't think it will change the outcome.

Yeah he's not the greatest defender, granted, but like you say, if we were behind then bringing him on, maybe in the halves, could help spark something. Too late now but I've said for a while I'd have liked to see him attacking at FB and defending at SH, with Tomkins doing the opposite. Obviously not something to try for the first time in a final though!

For Tautai should be out. The other is between Hamlin and Escare. I’m honestly undecided but leaning towards a bigger bench. I know Escare can have a bit of x-factor (sometimes) in attack but I simply don’t trust him at the back.

Its going to pour down on Saturday (a real shame for the event). We need four forwards on the bench - Escare is not much use to us in those conditions. Hamlin in his place.

Nah, its forecast a dry night but a wet pitch from the storm on friday.

All the forecasts I have seen it’s meant to lash it down all day and because of that I would play an extra forward.

At the moment the met office (usually the most accurate) is showing rain in the morning then starting again around 7pm. Difficult choice between Hamlin and Escare for me. I enjoy watching Escare. He adds flair and pace that we’re lacking. Hamlin’s drive and enthusiasm adds a lot too.

It tends to be a forwards based game in the wet weather and even more so in a Grand Final but on nights like those where ball movement is difficult, it can take an individual moment of magic to crack a game open and Escare is capable of that. I wouldn’t be looking to get more then 20/25 mins out of him but that could be enough.

Every forecast I have seen,including the Met office is predicting almost continuous rain through the day.

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Quote ="CobraCraig"Every forecast I have seen,including the Met office is predicting almost continuous rain through the day.'" https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/wea ... 2018-10-13

Pretty much constant rain,hopefully the couple of hours with 40% chance end up staying dry.

IS this a Rugby forum or weather watch forum?

I’id have Hamlin in the 17 going to be a game for the forwards if as expected it hammers it down

Weather will have a bearing on the RUGBY match as to who goes on the bench wet weather tends to be a forwards game.

So would I we have any injuries in the backs we could move Bateman who could play centre we have utility player in Sargison but would we miss Escare's speed against a tiring side glad I don't have to make that decision.

For me it’s a big game changer and I think it favours Warringtons bigger pack, I also think the long kicking game comes into play a lot more and that isn’t one of our strengths,although it was pretty good last week.

Our pack is better than Warrington’s. We go 4 forwards on the bench and we dominate them down the middle imo

Im with you on this one Jukes and will be surprised if Escare gets a spot on the bench tomorrow irrespective of the weather.
Hamlin gives a bit of urgency to our play and his quick ptbs can get us on a roll.

There are a lot of unsavoury Wire fans coming out on the VT and they reminded me of a user on here who has a lot of bitter quotes from Wire fans, can anyone remember who it is? The quotes are along the lines of "you Wiganers only come out when you winning blah blah"..."love to see you crying..."?

Given the contribution from Escare last week, we didn't miss him. I would much rather have the additional work rate of Hamlin in the middle.

There is history to be made with 2 french men in the 17