Aspinwall, Crabtree, Faiumu, D. Griffin, Raleigh, Finnigan, P. Jackson, Kirmond, Lawrence, Moore, Cudjoe, Lunt, Hemingway, J. Griffin, Carlile, Larne, Sculthorpe, E. Hodgson, A. Brown.

lambs to the slaughter.

Not happy about this at all.

I would imagine the two to miss out will be anothe rtwo experienced players. I would guess neither Crabtree or Moore will be risked. That would give a team of.


Hodgson E
Brown A
Griffin J
Lawrence
Cudjoe
Faiumu
Hemingway
Jackson
Lunt
Sculthorpe
Raleigh
Finnegan
Aspinwall

Griffin D
Kirmond
Patrick
Carlisle.


The pack looks ok the back line however is very inexperienced.

I agree back line is inexperienced, but at least they are not exposed as the pack does look strong. With no pressure on them then they may play with a little bit of flair!

Anyway I'll still be there, if only to sing... wembley...wembley

youll get over it next saturday losing on friday isnt hardly going to come back and haunt you yous are in top four.

I can see your point but then I wouldnt be happy that our key players play Friday, we lose in any event and they suffer injuries that keep them out of the final. Its a big risk, and a big call. We will just have to trust in NB's decision.

looking forward to this game... brilliant chance for some of the inexperienced players to shine!

we are already in the top four and cup final next week so dont see a problem resting the players that have knocks

if we had beaten bradford sun night then then maybe a chance of catching the top two would of been a bit bigger and players would of been risked for this game?

I understand why he's done it - these lads have played pretty uch every week since February. I just think it shows disrespect to our opponents and to Superleague as a whole. Who's to say this fixture now has a massive impact on the league leaders shield and who we play in the play offs?

Warrington are fielding a strong team at Wakefield. What's to say that this 'rest' has a negative impact on us.

What we need right now is a pumping to drop us into 4th place wand not win a game for the rest of the season (cup hangover) and Wigan overtake us on points difference and us end up 5th playing Warrington or Bradford!

I'm just glad that Barrie McDermott's Rugby Gods are looking down on us with Celtics slight problem.

Warrington have had an even more difficult decision to make in some respects as they are not guaranteed a play off spot at any position so they lose to Wakefield they are at a higher risk of not making the play offs. If they are then unsuccessful in CC Final they are left with nothing. We have the play off spot guaranteed, and I agree we could fall down a position or two. Its a tough decision all round and one that has now been made.

The cup is the bigger game for us right now, the players that will play wil be better for the expierience - that inexperiences back line will learn a thing or two

And just think the glory if they do win after being written off by some of their own fans