WOLVES SQUAD

Ryan Atkins, Daryl Clark, Mike Cooper, Will Dagger, Brad Dwyer, Kurt Gidley, Peta Hiku, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Jack Johnson, Benjamin Jullien, George King, Declan Patton, Kevin Penny, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Andre Savelio, Ashton Sims, Sam Wilde

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Not a clue as to what the back line will be.

Ratchford
Johnson
Hiku
Atkins
Penny
Patton
Gidley
Hill
Clark
Sims
Julien
Hughes
Cooper

Dwyer
Savelio
Philbin
King

Probably a mile off with that, hopefully i am with some of it because ive never liked Cooper at loose.

Unless Patton is injured, my guess would be

Ratchford
Johnson
Hiku
Atkins
Penny
Patton
Gidley
Hill
Dwyer
Cooper
Julien
Philbin
Hughes

Clark
Simms
Savelio
King

Dagger
Johnson
Hiku
Atkins
Penny
Ratchford
Gidley
Hill
Dwyer
Sims
Jullien
Hughes
Cooper

Clark
Philbin
Savelio
Wilde

That's a good possibilty, i dont get the previous poster sticking Hughes at loose unless he thought he was ok at centre. I really dont want Cooper at loose either, Wilde maybe?

Ratch

Johnson
Atkins
Hiku
Penny

Patton
Gidley

Hill
Clark
Cooper
Jullien
Hughes
Savelio

Dwyer
Sims
Philbin
Wilde

Sam Wilde really does need to start asking his mum for seconds doesn't he?

We should get Kelly Shelford in as a dietician and smuggle him into the match day 17 on a crafty one.

My money is on this lineup. Smith always seems to favour Cooper at loose when Westerman isn't fit. The rest seems an obvious pick to me, unless Smith wants the persevere with Dagger to build up his experience - he likes to give youngsters a run of games when first introduced to the first team.

If Patton isn't fit, Morgan Smith?

Clark has always played his best rugby off the bench(Cas)...he did that last Saturday(vs Cats) and Dwyer looked lively starting.
Why change a formula so soon?...especially after the diabolical we've seen many times this season!
The only tinkering to the winning formula would be to bring Clark on 5 mins earlier...Just before the substitution last sat, Dwyer was beginning to burn out and errors entered his game.

Ratchford for Dagger and Hiku for Hughes look to be the only natural improvement team swaps from last week's line up without changing the winning formula unnecessarily.

We've planted a seed, let its roots develop and flowers bloom before trying to dehead it!

Well from the write up coming out of the Guardian it looks as though Dagger will be playing. Good choice, even if he does make a few cock ups it will give him some great experience. It does make for an interesting question though as to where Ratchford will be playing.

Maybe at halfback with Gidley?

Really hope so

Well it sounds as though Hiku is playing and we know Patton is carrying an injury, so presumably yes.