Warrington haven't

Was it a full strength forward pack? Farrell and Harvard are first choice every day of the week. Cooper, Nsemba and Isa are all there or thereabouts too. It was a strong pack, for sure, but it wasn't full strength by any means. In addition 5 of the pack were playing their first munutes for Wigan and Chan trying out in a new position. Not exactly what you'd call a settled unit!
There was only 1 of our first choice 1-7 playing too.

Wakefield were good and deserving of their lead at the hour mark. But let's not get silly here pretending it was against anything close to a full strength team. Even with the injuries to Harvard and Nsemba there'll be around 7 changes come the first game of the season.

Both sides were far from full strength
Wakefield probably had the advantage of being closer to the start of their season than Wigan
Wigan have the advantage of a much deeper squad in terms of quality so some replacements are still 1st choice standard

While Wakefield did look pretty comfortable and deservedly won the game (62 mins) it doesn’t mean much. Wigan will still be there or there about at the business end of SL and the CC while Trinity will be plying their trade in the Championship and hopefully winning the 1895 Cup.

In the coming few years & seasons though, if the words of Wakefields new owner become reality, we’ll be right up there fighting Wigan for honours.

Hope so. These guys like Ellis at Wakey, Beaumont at Leigh and Hudgell and co at HKR are driving clubs forward and it’s more the merrier. I believe he’s going all out for Tom Johnstone and Mike McMeekan next year, so clearly he’s not messing about and it’s been good to see the people of Wakey responding.

Friday didn’t mean a great deal for us but I thought it was a great way for Wakey to start this new era at home (the light issue aside).

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