I think it's important to rest players when necessary. We need squad rotation. No matter which team we play, there would always be a chance for it to backfire. I'd like to see who will come in for them and I will trust that they will do a good job.

Gone a bit far for me and were running a risk of throwing a simple 2 points away.

Team must be-

Russell
Charnley
Goulding
Hughes
Gelling
Mellor
Finch
Lima
McIlorum
Mossop
Hansen
Hock
Farrell

Subs
Lauaki
Spencer
Tuson
L Tomkins

You'd like to think it's enough to win but it could be an uncomfortable day.

There's no one who knows the youngsters better than Wane does, that's for sure. But I seriously hope we don't under-estimate Widnes too much, these changes can spur them on. But, in Wane we trust.

All depends on the start now. If we get off to a goodun we'll be fine, however if we let Widnes get a sniff, we may well be in for a tough afternoon.

I have actually gone very nervous with this news.

resting tomkins and lockers is going to far IMO

Well had to check it myself, but Sam definitely isn't playing. Confirmed by himself on Twitter.

Strangely I'm more excited about the game now than I was earlier in the week when it was thought that we were playing our strongest team. Gonna be interesting viewing today.

Only time will tell if this move pays off but it does make me a little nervous considering two of our best players are in the stands.

Sooner or later Wane's going to have to find out if the fringe players are good enough for first team rugby, better off playing them by choice rather than chucking them in through necessity when injuries occur.

Agreed. Great that we are playing the youngsters.

My source must have been correct then. Think we will still have enough

I'm all for blooding the youngsters but would have preferred to see them come on for the last 30 rather than the full match. We'll probably win it with our forwards but that's an easy tram talk for Betts today.

Having thought about it. Why not play them? These guys are gonna be needed next year and won't gain enough experience just playing the last 30 minutes of games. They need to play full games a few times this year. That's what the squad is for

Never worry about what they are saying or thinking, just concentrate on what you do, and let them worry... We can learn a lot from this...

So it would seem.

Pi$$ taking decision from the coaching staff today.