I think this is a great draw, especially in the context of recent events. Would think a minimum crowd of 10,000, a couple of thousand from Leigh - will get fire back in the bellies of some. A lot better than London away or Fev, Wakefield, Hudds etc...

A share of a 12k gate would be brill. I can see us bringing 1500 at least. The hatred I had for Wigan went along time ago, and both clubs get on well. Like Leeds last year, would like a couple of quality tries to cheer !! 50-70k in our coffers will do nicely, and would not surprise me if Leneghan gave us more !

I think we'll be looking at 6,000-8,000 Wiganers being on so a crowd of 10,000+ will be dependant on how many you guys bring with you.

I'd have preferred it at your place tbh, the atmosphere would have been jumping with a full house in.

No chance, the casual pie fan will swerve this one, i'd go with 8000, with 2000 travelling support!

I think more Wigan fans will attend than has become the norm for the Challenge Cup early rounds and I do not think Shaun Wane will field a team of youngsters. It will probably be the first team with a couple of young players in the 17.

How will the DC rule work for this game

As a player can only play for one of us in the cup I would be surprised if you were given any DR players. Spencer for example played for us last week so would be needed for the cup in case of injuries so can't see us letting him be cup tied. I would imagine all SL clubs will only allow players that are currently nowhere near first team reckoning to be used on DR in the cup.

Having said that, you've been doing alright fielding a team of youngsters these past few weeks! I suppose you could be looking at easing back some of your regulars from injury, and a game like this would probably be ideal for doing that?

Wigan want Riddy and Brierley on loan and in return we can have Sam Tomkins and Pat Richards on DC, but Rowls told them they'd struggle to get into our starting 13.

...... until they'd perfected the art of the inside ball!

The Wiganers i spoke to today at the Gym all think its a great draw for both clubs and are very much looking forward to the game , plenty of good banter to .