Good result tonight for us if we can turn over Cas on Friday , Saint's starting to put a good run together .

It also means Cas's slim chance of a top 4 finish will be even slimmer if they don't win tomorrow.

reckon the top 4 will be the current ones, positions the only thing to be decided

Massive opportunity for us tomorrow night now

Wire's carpark scum on top form tonight according to social media, giving the game a bad name.

Interesting comments from Tony Smith after the game. Sounds like they will be resting quite a few over the next couple of games.

I think Wigan will probably edge the league leaders, especially given that the week after Wembley, you travel to saints and wire travel catalan

Judging by the post final performances of the last three cup winners, I would say that the best advice would be to just rest all your players the week after and come into the game after that all refreshed
If you look back further, Wigan (2011), Warrington(2012) and especially Saints (2007-8) burnt themselves out going for the CC and LLS and ended up missing out on the big prize

Agree. This is completely unchartered territory for our club - in my 27 years as a fan I think we've only had both campaigns alive at this point in 2005 but think we went into the play-offs in 5th. Radford's strategy will be seen as a gamble either way - putting all eggs in one basket or spreading energy too thin. Sneyd and Houghton, and maybe Ellis, are irreplaceable so would be sorely tempted to rest them the week before Wembley.

Clearly the players want to go for everything so I would be generally against resting anyone except the week after the CC final (regardless of result). It is uncharted territory but if you want to win things it's best to play your best players. Players get hurt in training so do you stop training to protect them ? With the exception of Saints away (where I would make changes) we should play our best players in the main whilst using our squad depth as normal as we have all season. If you're fit you play but obviously there's no need to play players carrying more serious knocks. Mucking about with the team at this stage of the season risks destroying the continuity that has, due to fortune with injuries, been one of the main reasons why we are where we are this year. Crack on and deal with injuries if/when they happen.

I agree interesting comments indeed. Why say it?. Is he playing mind games with us suggesting Warrington will be fresh for Wembley with less chance of injuries.