Morgan Smith's exclusion can only mean that Sandow is fit enough to play, though I doubt he'll be in the starting 13. Any form of injury niggle between now and game day and Dwyer has to play, if not then maybe Sandow's worth risking for the unpredictability he brings. Other bench spots have to be the King brotehrs and Bailey - though again with Bailey, if there are any injury niggles before the game then Philbin has to get the bench spot.

Quote: WarwickUniWolf "Reports now circulating that O'Loughlin is set to play despite not being named in the Wigan 19 man squad. What are the rules now about players not being named in the squad yet making the 17?'" The Squad Declaration rules are silent on replacements after the 48 hour deadline but people here believe that if a player becomes unavailable it is at the discretion of the RFL www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php ... pic=282204

Quote: WarwickUniWolf "Reports now circulating that O'Loughlin is set to play despite not being named in the Wigan 19 man squad. What are the rules now about players not being named in the squad yet making the 17?'" The Squad Declaration rules are silent on replacements after the 48 hour deadline but people here believe that if a player becomes unavailable it is at the discretion of the RFL www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php ... pic=282204

I remember about a decade ago, Pies blatantly spending over the salary cap to buy Fielden to play against us, in an attempt to cheat their way out of relegation.
As I recall Feilden was sat in the dressing room in his kit, waiting for the RFL to approve his registration to play against us.
Wasn't he ruled a Wigan player about 20mins before kick off? Now either the listing of the team sheet wasn't mandatory back then or the whole system is a farce and you technically can do as you please....or perhaps you can't do as you please unless your Wigan, who always seem to have a different set of margins to everyone else.

Obi wane kenobi. I didn't have him down for mind games. I hope he does play. Run at him all day and he will be blowing out of his trumper within 10 mins.

He'll be trying to twist Ratchford's ankle through 240• degrees

I will be very amused to see Bailey dancing around celebrating with another ring at the end