Warriors coach Shaun Wane admits he made mistakes ahead of last year's semi-final and said of preparations this year.

I've tried to rest players and we've approached our training sessions in a different manner towards the back end of the season because it's a tough old year," he said.

"We've looked after the players a bit better and they were saying they felt really fresh going into the Leeds game.

"Going into the same game last year, they didn't feel fresh. We've fixed that and we can give ourselves a chance of being fresh next week and putting a performance in.

"At the end of the day, we're in two cup finals this year and we were fourth in the competition so it's been fairly good but it will be even better with a win next week."

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To learn from last years mistakes, is all many of us asked for.

It takes a big man to stand up acknowledge his errors publicly like this. Well done SW.

It's not long since Saints fans and other assorted muppets were referring to him as "the Ape" and suggesting his intelligence was limited. The Wane haters have gone missing in fecent weeks. Whatever happens on Saturday, he's done a very good job this season, particularly in getting a side missing its captain, whose form this season has been superb and for me has been the best player in the comp (Sam is more gifted but hasn't been at his best this season). To win the SL without Lockers would be a fantastic achievement with this squad.

2 finals in only 2 years of top level management (Could well be 2 trophies next week as well). Don't think he's done a bad job at all so far!

Deffo learned lessons from last year. We went balls out to win every game and fizzled out at the end of the season. We've rested players at the right times and look sharp when we need to be. Hats off to SW, he's gotta be a shoe in for coach of the year.

Wane had a big smile on his face before the U19's final today at Leeds and an even bigger one at the end of the game. He's going to have to make some interesting decisions in the next two or three years because there is so much talent in those young players.

I think that Paul Anderson will get that without a doubt. (I'm a Wire fan).

SW has done very well this year and credit goes to the club for not going for an Ozzie when Maguire left.
This year I think he's changed the way the team has played and brought on some fantastic young talent.

Really looking forward to the final - and the battle of the forwards.
Yours were really impressive last night.

A good coach learns from his mistakes and Wane keeps on doing that. He has had a fabulous season whatever happens next week. Some people said we won the CC due to an easy draw and questioned our credentials and we've answered those.

He is the best man for this job by a mile. He will bring these exceptional kids through and make them stars.

Problem is that why did it take him a season to realize that players need resting and going 100 miles per hour every game is not worth the LLS you get.

Wane was assistant to Maguire when we won the CC in 2011 and the players were flat after it. Takes a massive man to admit he is wrong. Just as i must admit when i questioned Wane as a coach over the last 2 months i got it wrong.

What did i learn from this year:

LLS is meaningless and winning every game is not worth the effort. Winning every game you have to is.

It's just makes buying a season ticket pointless. Have a fantastic first half of the season, guarenteeing a top 4 finish, then put the cue on the rack until the playoffs. Not Wane's fault though. Just shows how short-sighted and poor the RFL are.

Perhaps he'll do it differently again next year.
Maybe his squad rotation will involve more players.
From his squad list in November he lost Hock who never played a game and Prescott who played the one game. Lauaki only played 7 or 8 games too.
Replace those three by men who will be available most of the season together with the quality younger players and he'll have a good mix of a squad with more available for first team selection.

One thing is for sure, there's plenty more kids hammering at the door for chances so the squad will still have good depth next year. Looking at the 19's GF today you've got the lads who have had an opportunity like Hampshire, Manfredi and Williams who'll want and get more but also lads who have yet to make their first team bow. I thought Rob Lever looked ready for a shot today, Taylor the centre looked strong and a couple of the props as well. Add in Connor Farrell who didn't play and its really exciting.

Wane needs to keep rotating for the good of these lads.