Right this is probably me reading too much into it. But Wigan have put up a nice speech from Chris Brooks to the squad about burrow/DDay.

The non-playing members were wearing a different kit (Keighran, Eseh, Farrimond) and the playing squad were wearing the black training top.

Interestingly Walters and Hill were in the different kit and Byrne and Cooper were in the black training top.


I feel it would be a mistake not to play Walters given his versatility (not many of our props could jump into the back row).


My view on the Cooper/Hill/Byrne debate is that Matty Peet has very often not selected Hill, and also Cooper (weird he didn’t play last week instead of Dupree).

I don’t think Peet has ever dropped Byrne so I feel he will be picked and probably start.

I’d give him the first 20 mins then bring Havard on to play the majority of the game.

The amount of our fans complaining about wages and being finished etc I hope played its part in his performances. Best front rower in SL this year by a mile. Lets hope he sees the full 4 years out of his contract

Thompson was great of course, but I've been away since the Final and have only now had the chance to watch it back, and my first thought was, how good was Ellis?

Watched it back sober and Ellis had his best game in Wigan colours.

Exactly. Allows us to be a bit more creative on the bench with such as Walters (who can fill in at prop anyway) should we need to, and especially trying to rotate and introduce younger, less experienced players with the upcoming 4 matches in 16 days or whatever it is.

Ellis plays his best when the big games come along.