What a weekend. Not an ideal hangover game next weekend - second place away. Great opportunity to rest and rotate but think this might be our first and maybe only defeat this season. Hoping Powell will go with something like:

Jowitt
Olpherts
Booth
Croft
McGillvary
Lawford
Kay
Bowden
Smith
Cozza
Ashurst
Pitts
Bain

Doyle
Shaw
Uele
Wood

Now will be the time to see how our team are professional & focussed, only one injury in the cup game, ie, KY Rodwell, so same team may well run as this is a big league game, not experimental time.

We have the squad depth to be able to rotate a few players and still put in a top performance.
The Widnes game is a great chance to put proper daylight between ourselves and the rest of the league.
I'd expect Bain and Olpherts to play.

It's just a game.
No reason to rest players unless they are injured.

Thornley had a problem in the second half with his ankle, I don't expect him to play so Croft will get a run.

Or Booth will get a run.

That's still only two players to replace.

There’s a few players to rotate in next week but I expect the majority will be the same.

Players like Bain, Croft, Olpherts, Lawford and possibly Booth or Smith could get a run but I’m sure the players will all be ready to go for the game. They’ll have celebrated Saturday night but there’ll be almost a full week to get their head and bodies focused.

Yesterday's game was not a physically demanding affair, in fact the second half was a stroll. Other than the pomp of the occasion, the players have 8 days before Widnes. If they are fit and have earned their team place ,they should play

Lol. Not physically demanding.

You know very well what I mean. All RL games are tough it's a demanding sport. But as games go it was not a war of attrition and a blood and guts battle. This team will suffer harder physical encounters during the season and the players being full time professional should be fit and ready to go against widnes

Of all the fringe players I'd like to see Booth get the most run outs this season, especially at FB. If he is the real deal, and I think he may be, that would save us a lot of cash and time if we return to SL next year. A quality deputy/successor for Jowitt and an emergency winger/centre if needed, would be ideal. He's already proved himself to be quick and a finisher, so he's already a fair way down the line. But I reckon Powell already knew that from his Warrington days.

Why change a winning team by rotating players- I accept changes for injuries but they were hardly in a tough game!
Change for injuries otherwise same again!

I agree.
Even if it was a real slog in the mud you wouldn't just rotate players.
It's more whether they are switched on after all the euphoria.

Widnes will come hunting so we need to be on our game.

Should be a good crowd at Widnes as they are doing well and would love to be the club to halt our charge. Remember back in the day when they came up and we were sent across as opening game cannon fodder, 2012 or 2013. Loads of Wakey fans to swell the crowd to over 8k to watch an epic defensive performance on the new plastic pitch with Steve Southern outstanding. Ben Cross saw red and we took control. Great memories.

Play best team available and go all out for win..