I think Singleton is more like Flower. Coley used to make a lot of ground after contact and was on the pitch for longer spells where Singleton is more aggressive but isn’t a big meter maker, tries to win the collision and get a quick play of the ball. Even last night after getting a lot of praise on here his meters made where less than Bullock and Partington in both total and average carry. That’s obviously not the be all and end all but it shows where he will fit in, he’s probably going to be fighting out to make the 17 rather than being a regular imo. Although it was a really promising start considering he’s not played for months.

Hastings has gone to number 9 in every game when Leuluai or Powell has gone off and Smith has been introduced.

As far as I am concerned, the time has come for Leuluai to be on the subs bench as substitution cover for the half backs and hooker and our starting halfbacks should be Hastings at Stand Off with Smith at Scrum Half. The more game time that Smith plays will be better for the future as he will get more experience than what is is getting at present by only coming on late in a game.

The cup tie against Leeds started to change when Smith with his kicking game was introduced, but by then, we had already lost!

Wigan should show the same confidence in Harry Smith as Castleford did with Jake Truman and Leeds did a few seasons ago with Rob Burrow.

It’ll be about balance and getting the right pair on the field at the same time. I think from what I’ve seen so far this season our four should be Havard, Partington, Bullock and Singleton and I’d want to split them so you have your two biggest metre makers separate and then Partington and Singleton on at different times so you’ve got that aggression. If Havard is back next week, I’d put him in the bench with Singleton and start Partington and Bullock again. I would then challenge Burgess, Byrne, Flower, Clubb, Clark and Kilner to show they can break that group of four up when they get a chance. To say we have so many props, it’s weird to think that we’ve not really had that competition for places. It’s always seemed like due to one thing or another, we’ve had at most 4 or 5 of them available.

Or Wigan did with Sam Tomkins and George William's etc.

Yeah but George was crap.

I agree on the halves, but I do like how we can turn the game by injecting Smith into the attack.

And Burrow was in his 20's before he became a 1st team starter ,Andrew Dunemann was 1st choice.

He only made 5 starts in 2002 as a 21 year old, but was sub in another 24 games that season.

No need to rush him Brian but I think he does need longer minutes on the pitch.

Some great stats from our pack there.

Shame they didn't step up the week before like

That's the annoying part, I got a text from a friend saying great win, I replied "Infuriating team, anything like that performance last week v Leeds and we'd probably be at Wembley"

Agreed mate. For me Leuluai has been poor for weeks now and his kicking game in particular is a real issue with Hastings at 6, who is playing out of his skin and offering a lot more than Tommy. I’ve also been disappointed in a lot of Leuluai’s decision making and defensive misses which is a surprise.

I do like Hastings’ zip at 9 when he goes there but we would probably get that from Tommy if we used him as an impact hooker for 20 mins a game.

I also think Harry Smith’s defence has improved massively since earlier in the season and not really a concern now. It was shocking when we lost at Cas in Feb/March but he’s been fantastic in defence in the last few weeks.

Slightly off topic, but my Sky box hasn't recorded the game. Are there any options to see the game on demand or online somewhere.

Full game now on Wigan tv