I'm more inclined to think Cooper won't play so "bibs out!"

This is what having 87 forwards does to you.

Personally, I can't see how anyone who played last week now misses out? Obviously, I doubt any Wigan fan isn't excited to see how Walters goes, but Nesemba played well last week and should stay in.

It will be interesting to know the pecking order between Jnr and Walters too. Historically when picking a side, 9/10, Peet leans towards his senior players. Walters not coming straight back into the side, like most senior players do, says to me that Peet sees him as a youngster.

I would like Junior and Sam to get 40 mins each both at Huddersfield and in the semifinal.

Im not sure how they works as a predetermined tactic. What happens if the starter has the game of his life and the one coming on has a nightmare?

I'm not a big fan of back rowers not doing 80 mins without an injury being involved

As mentioned by others, I think we will start to take advantage of having props who can play big minutes in Thomson and Havard by selecting others who have something different to offer add in Ellis at 13 we have 3 props can do long mins:

Bench combination of Mago, Walters or Nsemba (with one starting), Dupree or Bryne.

With Leeming as 4th sub we now have a very varied attack during the game which has to make us a more dangerous side.

Seems an ideal time to rest Ellis tbh. He's not been at his best over the last month but was great at start of year and as good as anyone in the WCC. He's gone from being a spelled prop to a big minutes forward and that transition wont just happen immediately for him.

I’d keep Ellis in if he needs a rest during the game get Mago on. Mago looks to me to have enough to be a ball playing 13 but I don’t see us ever getting 80 mins from him. I’d have Walters on the bench, Nsemba was great last week but was blowing out his backside the last 20, he gets through a big shift for us in defence and attack. I think rotation at 2nd row will be massive for us Nsemba seems to have taken over from King doing the yardage carries in early set, would be great to have him do that for 40-50 then replace him with Walters, surely would strike fear into to opposition having to defend Nsemba and then Walters

I'm not sure Ellis has dropped off that much tbh, certainly not from a statistical viewpoint anyway. He's been steady in that regard throughout the season but when you see the level he can play at in the WCC you want it more often and I don't think we've seen it enough. I think that stands for many players though and it's been an issue of mine with our middle forwards in particular, both this season and in years gone by.

I look at Ellis, Byrne and even Havard to a degree (not much he could do about it in the last 12 months) and I see them put in some incredible performances but they're not consistent with it (they're never poor, they just have great games and then a run of decent performances). If they can find that high level more often, they can really kick on and in the case of the latter two, can play for England. They're all still quite inexperienced at first team level, so it's not a criticism, it's just an observation. If they look at guys like Walmsley in the past and their own team mate now in Luke Thompson, they kicked on from having some really good performances now and again, to banging them out week after week and dominating. That should be the aim for all 3 of the guys I mention.

Which stand are the away fans in?

weird how the fixtures have fell, us with kr last night, and you guys with huddersfield tonight

Strong side but still can't help but think Liam Byrne stands out big time as the weak link. I'd feel happier playing any of Havard, Cooper or even Hill there.