Yeh the 2035 season end probably

Interesting game coming up - you would think Wigan will respond from the defeat last Thursday but then a few may have eyes on Vegas. In fairness I didn't think we were bad against Leigh and was impressed with the quality for a Round 1 - both sides played a strong attritional game and we just made a few mistakes at key moments. Fingers crossed the ruck is a little quicker on Friday - I don't buy this perception that less whistle is always a good thing. Penalise slow rucks early and the game benefits later on.

Assume Miski will come back in, otherwise probably unchanged for us. I expect more ball movement from Wigan this week if conditions allow.

Like most on here I think we'll probably come up short. And then I think back to last season and the pile of sh*t were serving up and then lo and behold we turned Wigan over. It couldn't happen again - Could it?

Stranger things have happened. We have an OK record against them at home in recent years. Need a good start and the crowd getting behind the team.

Still, it would be nice if Wigan rested a few before their Las Vegas trip.

Wigan need to win this one after their loss last week. They don't want to be 4 points behind the likes of saints and rovers this early in the season. They'll come here all guns blazing

Hopefully we can give ourselves a fighting chance and keep in the game by matching them in the basics like completing sets, discipline and defence. They are an absolute machine but we looked pretty good on Friday especially with the backs helping out massively. If we are undone by a bit of magic from French or Field there’s not much you can do about that.

Exactly this, and if we get beaten by some good plays from a marquee stacked machine of a team then so be it. We just need to be still on the game around the 60min mark and I'll feel like I've been entertained.

Also: very good legends guest bringing the ball out. John Kear. But scary to think it because it's almost 20 years since Cardiff

I see our luck with injuries hasn’t changed much.
Ashworth a doubt, Amir definitely out, Jed two weeks and Holmes seeing a specialist (shock)

Glad cartwright is only a short one, fully expect Holmes to be out for a while, I'd go same backs as last week.
Ese Ese
Balmforth
Aydin
Lane
Fash
Asiata

Ashworth/Hugo S
Sao
Moy
Chamberlain

ashworth failed HIA didn't he? so ruled out

No, he passed

Think he came back on, was Bourouh who failed