2 40/20 attempts within the first 20! wow haven't seen that for a while!

Good strong opening 25 with some challenging attacking kicks , then it's turned a bit Leeds like, discipline, errors and the injuries to sivo and Jenkins. Biggest stand out is how strong mik is looking. Been the best prop out there.

Sivo injury aside, we’ve looked pretty good. Gannon dealt with their big physical threats and I thought Palasia was very good, which in turn meant Ackers was better. Discipline still needs a bit of cleaning up.

What's Jenkins injury please? Sivo one is pretty annoying when we didn't need a winger, let alone an overseas one.

[quote="Toosmooth":27f0kiz1]What's Jenkins injury please? Sivo one is pretty annoying when we didn't need a winger, let alone an overseas one.[/quote:27f0kiz1] He was concussed

Injuries aside a very pleasing performance I thought. Jack probably played his way to a bench spot. Gannon very good. Conner good again. If there’s one player that did disappoint a bit it’s Lisone. Needs to cut out the errors because he’s got people breathing over his shoulder now.

What was Sivos injury? Hopefully not too bad

Oledzki, Palasia, Holyroyd and Gannon impressed me. Ackers disappointed me. Distribution very slow but Wigan are very good at slowing it down. Possibly not helped by the gale either.

How bad is Sivo injury ?

[quote="Emagdnim13":75diu029]How bad is Sivo injury ?[/quote:75diu029] Not great, left knee. Going for scans tomorrow. Wouldn’t be surprised if he missed some weeks at least.

Seemed a bad choice by Sivo coming off his wing to prevent the kick by French I think. He fell off the tackle and French fell on to his lower leg. Let`s hope it`s not ligaments. Well impressed with Sinfield who didn`t shirk tackling some big blokes running at him. Standouts for me Connor once again who is offering more that Miller did last season and he kicks goals. Oledzki and Holroyd both ran hard and fronted up their forwards. No one mentioning Bentley who must have made 40 tackles out there and TNW and Palesena who ran the ball in hard. The young lads when they came on were very good considering their size. Very happy with that performance but worried about Sivo`s injury

[quote="rugbyleague88":fudvg2u2]Oledzki, Palasia, Holyroyd and Gannon impressed me. Ackers disappointed me. Distribution very slow but Wigan are very good at slowing it down. Possibly not helped by the gale either.[/quote:fudvg2u2] That's encouraging, a stronger pack will make a massive difference.

With the Sivo injury let’s hope it’s not long term/ season ending but it didn’t look good. One thing it means we will be able to get the rest of our strike players in the backline all in the starting 13 now you’d imagine Arthur can even go with. FB-Miller RW-Hall RC- Newman LC- Connor LW- Handley Or FB- Connor RW- Miller RC- Newman LC- Handley LW- Hall I personally do think Connor is a better all round full back than Miller plus a left side Of Handley & Hall could be lethal and Arthur Clearly wants Handley at centre hence him getting the 4 shirt. Time will tell but the main thing is I hope Sivo has a speedy recovery and that he doesn’t turn into Fusitua 2.0

[quote="chapylad":diz9zrj5]Seemed a bad choice by Sivo coming off his wing to prevent the kick by French I think. He fell off the tackle and French fell on to his lower leg. Let`s hope it`s not ligaments. Well impressed with Sinfield who didn`t shirk tackling some big blokes running at him. Standouts for me Connor once again who is offering more that Miller did last season and he kicks goals. Oledzki and Holroyd both ran hard and fronted up their forwards. No one mentioning Bentley who must have made 40 tackles out there and TNW and Palesena who ran the ball in hard. The young lads when they came on were very good considering their size. Very happy with that performance but worried about Sivo`s injury[/quote:diz9zrj5] Shame about Sivo. Let's hope it's a few weeks rather than a few months. You can't get carried away about friendlies, but in a very physical contest, with a fair bit of injury adversary, we got the better of the best team in the league. There's cause for a bit of hope, I think.

At first I thought Sivo had done his ankle but I wouldn`t be surprised if it`s his ACL which could be season ending.

Sivo did not look good at all, I wouldn't be surprised if its a long lay off - hopefully not. I think Arther will stick with Ash in the Centres and use Riley Lumb on the wing who I thought looked good when he came on. We are certainly fitter than this point last year and we restricted a veery good Wigan pack for metres, we certainly look better equipped in the forwards this year. As much as it caused a bit of a stir The Jake Connor signing could be a bit of a master stroke if he can get some consistency out of him, he looks to be enjoying his rugby again. Jack Sinfield doing stints at 9 isn't a bad call either, it gets him game time and in fairness he looks to have bulked up a bit and wasn't getting dominated in defence. Think round one line up will be Jake Connor Riley Lumb Ash Handley Harry Newman Ryan Hall Brodie Croft Matt Frawley Mik Oledski Andy Ackers Keenan Palasia James Bentley James Mcdonnall Cam Smith Jack Sinfield Sam Lisone Tom Holroyd Morgan Gannon/Cooper Jenkins

Agreed, if Ned McCormack and Simpson weren't injured / returning to fitness, then they may have been options. I think it will be one of Lisone, Gannon or Jenkins to miss out. A tough call.

For me, Lisone should be the one at risk of missing out in Rd1.

Sivo is done for the season. ACL.