Wane said he doubts Tomkins, Charnley or Sarginson will play but will all face late fitness tests.

Joel is done for the season but Sam is doubtful for this game. Been spotted wearing a protective boot at the weekend apparently and the CC semi is 2 weeks away so they won't want to risk him.

How long was SoL banned for? the two games after EGP?.

I worry that George Williams is coming back into form. We've had problems with him in the past.
Plus Nuuuuuuuuasala (?) is an unknown quantity.

Sutty
Briscoe
Watkins
Moon
Hall
Liley
Burrow
Galloway
Segeyaro
Garbutt
Ablett
Achurch
Singo

Cuthbo...the german....deaney.....jjb

Just in my humble opinion...but will except any team mac seems fit to put out ....after all he is the coach......

How come EVERY time we play Wigan they have a massive injury crisis that week, players will have to play with legs hanging off, Shaun Wane moans that he cant find 17 fit players????

What I am struggling with is how come a team with so many injuries throughout the season can be top of the table?

Better quality and availability of reserve players perhaps?

Plus Matty Smith whom so many on here deride but who guides them round the park has not missed any or very few games.
Also Sam Powell has been a revelation, a young player, doing 80 minutes at hooker standing in for McCllorum, Wigan's James Roby/Danny Houghton.

Because of the way they play. They have alot of solid youngsters that can slot into the pattern and it's buisness as usual. It doesn't always win you the final itself, but you''ll consistently get there.

Yep. Wigan have effective systems, and the players play to them.

They operate with decent outside backs, bit of flair in the halves from Williams and a pack that tries to run over the top of you down the middle. It's not pretty, but it's effective and if they get it right very difficult to play against.

Spot on. We have a different way which relies more heavily on having your first choice available.

Interestingly only us and Wakey have scored fewer tries this year than Wigan yet they're top, because they are hard to score against. Think they've only conceded more than 20 points in 4 games this year...,,if you're conceding less than 20 points in a match you're going to win most of the time in SL.