Quote: Fames "Saw the Super League Show last night and there was a discussion about the Huddersfield loss to Hull KR - 4 days after playing St Helens last Monday. The short 4 day turnaround was commented on and Ian Millward said in the NRL no team that played on a Monday would have to play on a Friday but their game would be on the Saturday or even Sunday. Huddersfield were certainly fatigued in the second half.
Wigan's next game is against Warrington on Monday 24th - they then have only 4 days before playing Castleford on Friday 28th. What exacerbates the short turnaround is that Castleford who would normally have played on Sunday 23rd have had their match brought forward to Friday 21st - again thanks to Sky! So instead of a 5 day turnaround they will now get a full week which will give them a considerable advantage over Wigan.
SW may well have been alluding to this situation when he said he would be making use of the "kids" and even giving more debuts when interviewed after the Widnes game.
The Cas game may not be that important, but looking ahead (and not counting chickens before the Widnes Q/F), Wigan play Saints on Mon 22nd July. The following weekend is CC S/Fs - prescience is a great thing and I do hope the RL authorities will allow Wigan to play on Sunday rather than Saturday. Or, depending on who Wigan play in the S/F, maybe quite a lot of the "kids" will be featuring against Saints. That might even make it a closer game.......!'"
whilst I agree that teams shouldn't have to back up on Fridays after playing Monday night, but isn't it down to the clubs to request the fixture change at the start of the season
I understand wigan chose not to move their fixture from the Friday to the weekend?
fc play tonight and moved the hudds fixture from this coming Friday to sunday at the start of the season when the fixtures came out
as for the KR v hudds fixture, maybe KR could be accused of poor gamesmanship or clever planning as they moved from their original sunday slot to a Friday evening knowing hudds played on the Monday, hudds should've have questioned this fixture and asked for it to be moved if they were that bothered
