That team is spot on

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There are several question marks about future team selection when all our players are fit.

The first one is whether Sarginson will move back into the centres when Sam Tomkins is back. I believe Wane will move him back there. Gildart is improving but Sarginson is still the better player at present and I believe Wane thinks the same.

Secondly, if you think back to the start of the season, it appeared Wane wanted to play O'Loughlin at prop this year and to start Bateman at 13. Injuries have meant this hasnt happened too much but now players are returning I can see wane trying this again.

How many of those have had warm up games since being injured?
And do/did they need them?

Reading an article on the Wigan evening post site it sounds like Joel Tomkins and Crisby are fit, Lockers and Farrell may well be and Williams could be as well. It sounds like Manfredi could be another week and Tautai and Clubb's injuries aren't serious. Tough to guess a side out of all that but being optimistic and just ruling out Manfredi I'd go-

Sarginson
Charnley Gelling Gildart Tierney
Williams Smith
Flower Powell Mossop
Tomkins Bateman Lockers

Subs
Clubb or Tautai Crosby Farrell Gregson

No need to risk both Clubb and Tautai and a decent time to let Sutton have a rest. I'd want Gregson on the bench to cover the halves and he could possibly give Powell a rest.

With the Dewsbury game the week after I think that Williams will return in that one. Farrell usually slots in no problem. Joel only missed one, so I'd go -

Sarge
Josh, Gelling, Gildart, Tierney
Lockers, Matty
Mossop, Powell, Clubb
Faz, Joel, John B

Gregson on the bench (he's earned it), Flower, Tautai, Crosby.

I'd leave Isa out for now.

Mossop and Clubb have been our best two props. Flower has developed a worrying habit of making a lot of yards sideways!

Mossop has been brilliant the last 2/3 games. A sure starter with Flower now. Agree about Flower going sideways though but more often than not he picks out the right player to run at.

Mossop is finally driving his legs in contact. It's the first time I've seen him bother for a long while and he's getting his rewards. I'd like to think it's because he's getting confidence in his shoulders again. It can't be easy mentally trying to force your way through the line with opposition defenders hanging off you when you've got a lack of confidence in part of your body.

Evening post reckons just Williams back for Wire now.

It's like trying to crack the Di Vinci code working out our injury status with all the mixed messages.

That's weird, cos it seemed to me they'd kinda implied before that Williams was the most dubious of the possible returnees.

So still without 4 (maybe 5) of our starting 13, but nearly there!

Good to hear Sam Tomkins will likely feature against Hull in a couple of weeks too.

It is isn't it!

They also implied Joel Tomkins and Crosby had been more rested then actually missing out due to serious injuries and as ever Lockers injury seems to drag its feet for an extra week at a time until he's suddenly been missing for 2 months.

It's all a bit frustrating but at least it seems the end is closer.

Yes you are right only Williams back.

squad : John Bateman, Greg Burke, Josh Charnley, Tony Clubb, Ben Flower, Oliver Gildart, Anthony Gelling, Nick Gregson, Jack Higginson, Willie Isa, Lee Mossop, Sam Powell, Dan Sarginson, Matty Smith, Ryan Sutton, Taulima Tautai, Lewis Tierney, Jack Wells & George Williams.

based on that:
Sarge
Charnley, Gelling, Gildart, Tierney
Williams, Smith
Mossop, Powell, Flower
Isa, Sutton, Bateman
Clubb, Tautai, Burke, Gregson
rest : Higginson, Wells

I'd rather play Wells than Burke, but I think Wane will go for experience

The 17 picks itself pretty much if they're all fit (Clubb and Tautai went off last week so it's tough to say).

It's another game against Wire I think we're unlikely to be able to win given the absentees but I think we'll make a much better fist of it then the game at the DW. It seems weird that the two fixtures have been planned so closely together.