Paul Wellens has one career drop goal to his name, so you never know!

what odds on Eastmond making an apperance given Gaskells injury?

hopefully not. If Meli is fit, he'll go in at centre and Wheeler goes to 6.
Without prejudice a massive 4 point game against the champions is not a game to throw someone in who has shown no form at all in the first team this year

Did Eastmond play in the U20's on Friday?

No, he is apparently "unwell."

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Backbone problem.

At the moment the team are working hard for each other....See 2nd half on friday night....Eastmond can only be seen as a disruptive influence and would therfore in my opinion have no right even being considered for such a critical game.

ANyone any idea how sales for the Saints end are going for this game.

Wigan are down to the last 700. with a fair few single seats left. No idea what our travelling band is looking like.

It'll be 2500-3000 i would guess, hopefully more.
Do our bit for the biggest derby in RL.

I wouldn't be overly surprised to see him in the team at some point, especially if we keep going the way we are going with injuries but I'm not entirely sure we are at that point at present, unless Meli is not yet fit, in which case we would be short of a centre. I'd suggest Makinson but I think a derby is not the kind of game in which to play your full debut!

I know that a fair few of Saints fans have bought their tickets from Wigan.

Devious.

As for predictions, I'll go
Saints 18 - 16 Wigan
23500 or whatever capacity is permitted
Mom Roby


and me to have a very sore head on saturday

It will be more than that, we'd sold over 3,000 last Thursday (based on what was left given Wigan sales & unreserved capacity)

As to selling out, that is going to be down to the currently undecided...

Watched the highlights of last years game at the DW, it got the hairs up on the neck when Gidley puts Foster in, it also shows how useful Pryce is - hope he comes back playing like he was last year!