Yes, to degrees. But as you mention Hudds and Wigan play a very Aussie style wrestle / smother/ general take as long as the ref will allow to get up. Wire missing Westwood and Harrison helped us keep it fast in that game .

It's no secret that Wigan always try force Leeds into one up ,stick it down the middle rugby.it's dull and plays right into wigans game plan.
If we are going to stand a chance we need to get the ball wide after sucking players in with our offload game. Getting quick PTBs is a must as often as possible, especially early game to tire out the Wigan pack and post early points / get a roll on.

This is where Briscoe can hopefully make a difference compared to the last couple of times we've played Wigan. There's nobody better than him at getting a quick play-the-ball or penalty and putting us on the front foot at the beginning of a set.

Agreed. All the backs need to go looking for work in the early tackles but Briscoe really is a boost to that.

Hope we get Thaler given we had Child last game (though he did much better than usual ) ,any but Silverwood really for this game

we play well we win regardless of what Wigan do or who the ref is

You sound optimistic!. Wigan are due a good performance and we always seem to struggle vs their tactics.

Regardless of what happens this week, Leeds will win everything this year. Confident, and so is the team

Oh dear

maybe at their place and the Magic weekend. Headingley the last few years not really. We beat them far more comfortably than the scoreline suggests earlier in the year.

I'd feel much more confident with Aiton and S Ward in the team. I think this will be our toughest test in the super 8s.

Most Offloads by Leeds in a single league game this season

30 = Wigan (Magic)
27 = Wire (H Sicon_cool.gif, Hull (A)
25 = Wigan (A), Wire (H), Wakey (H), Widnes (H)

I think Rogues might of meant quality offload rather than quantity?. With the way Wigan defend it might make it harder to get the good ones off.

At times vs saints and Wire we were throwing quality offloads seemingly at will, some were spectacular even with three or more defenders hanging on.

Delaney out according to Stevie Wards interview on the website.

I do recall someone saying he got a knock last week, Please tell me Ward also said he was fit and ready to go?

He speaks like he's expecting to play this week without actually confirming it.

He says we'll miss Aiton, JJB and Frog (Delaney) over the next few weeks so perhaps Delaney is going to miss more than just Friday.

Oh dear.bad time of the year to be getting injuries. We seem to have had a few on and off with injuries and a few long terms,quite unlucky.