Wigan without Tierney Charnley Thornley Dudson James OLoughlin Hampshire Flower Clubb Pettybourne Farrell today! Bowen Burke Taylor Williams all face late fitness tests with first two coming back from injury and last three picking up training ground injuries.

This has horrible echoes of the Saints game earlier in the season.

Hopefully Leeds will turn up this time.

I don't bother looking at the Wigan injury list. Everytime I have seen a Wigan team coached by Wane they are always well drilled and with Wigans academy system the youngsters coming through are usually ready for super league level. I expect it to be competitive, tight and full of controversy.

McDermott actually mentioned the Saints game after the win over Castleford. Talking about how he personally got it wrong with his tactics and was too cautious and didn't try enough expansive stuff to get over for points on the board. He said he feels the balance has been better in the last few weeks and compared both games as they were played in wet conditions so you couldn't overplay it to the backs.

With lessons learnt and dry conditions I don't see a repeat of the Saints game, that's not to say we'll definitely win, but I don't see it following the same pattern. It's the two best defences on show but Magic weekend games often have a habit of being quite high scoring.

Very interesting self analysis and critique by the coach that. Spot on as well, as was obvious watching that game and pointed out by so many on here. Leeds were way too conservative, seemingly by design, and failed to take advantage of their early investment of hard work and grind.

We certainly didn't get the tactics right that night. Hopefully no repeat today.

BJB in for Briscoe as tipped by a few. No Watkins though, he's gone for Sutcliffe to start at centre which is a better choice than Ward. Still, as Briscoe I don't believe is injured it's shows he doesn't think any of his three wingers can do the job at centre.

BJB is a complete liability. So glad he's off to Salford. Also do think it's a mistake by BMAC - if Briscoe is fit, he should always start ahead of BJB.

No way was that a penalty against Sutcliffe, Wigan have held down far longer than that and gone unpenalised.

Not playing any rugby so far - heads aren't on the task. Poor performance all around so far. Sort it out second half lads!

Difficult to play rugby when the Opisthobranchia have been sent out to do a hatchet job.

Not optimistic about the second half. Plenty of posession and terriroty, but 8 points down.

I only see one winner now, posession will even up, wigan will pull away.

TBF to the Leeds players, they might be shocked because they might've expected to turn up and play 17 men, turns out they're playing 17 apes.

did you know wigan had a few young lads playing today? dont think sky team have mentioned it yet.

not much said on the fact we too have watkins,briscoe,burrow,jjb and aiton out today.

we look like we dont fancy it today and wigan treating it like cup final.

Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish, rubbish. Leeds circa 2013 have turned up who don't look like scoring unless the Wigan players fall over.

Such a dirty scummy team

purely attitude in my opinion.leeds expected to show up and stuff wigan here and wanes borderline rough arm tactics in the first half and wigans intensity has been too much for us.

no biggy really.game means nowt on grand scheme of the season but there is a lesson to be learned from it.