The squad is:
Andrew Dixon, Andrew Yates, Bryn Hargreaves, Carl Forster, Chris Dean, Chris Flannery, Gary Wheeler, Jack Bradbury, Jacob Emmitt, Jamie Ellis, Jamie Foster, Jonny Lomax, Keiron Cunningham, Lee Gaskell, Matty Ashurst, Maurie Fa’asavalu, Paul Clough, Scott Moore, Sean Magennis, Sia Soliola, Tom Armstrong, Warren Godman.

I'd go with

Lomax
Armstrong
Dean
Soliola
Foster
Wheeler
Ellis
Hargreaves
Cunningham
Emmitt
Ashurst
Dixon
Flannery

Fa'asavalu, Clough and Moore rotating with Hargreaves, Cunningham and Emmitt with the rest of the players generally rotating.

IMO Meli and Gardner could have done with some game time to get their shot at confidence up a little...

Good to see Magennis in there, looking forward to seeing him this year. Hopefully the lad can avoid injury and get a decent run.

presume that the rest of the first team squad will face Fax on Friday then.

To be expected, and to be fair, 4 internationals in there. Should be interesting against a top championship side.

Correct, all players who aren't played against Widnes will be playing against Halifax on Friday.

I think Soliola, Moore, Hargreaves, Fa'asavalu and Wheeler may get another short run out as Saints have said they'll field as strong as possible side

I thought we were playing Widnes?

Good oppurtunity for the youngsters to get a run out, looking forward to seeing Soliola in action.

What is happening with dual contract players?Will chris dean play for widnes much this year?I am sceptical of dual contract signings and fed up of been a feeder club.Hopefully nxt time around we will get a franchise.

Sean Magennis is starting Tommorow.

Hope he does well. Good luck mate!

Who is Warren Goodman, cant find any info on the Saints site.

It's Warren Thompson.

Slightly ironic seing as though you have a former Widnes player as your avatar



Anyhoo, how many speccies do you think you'll bring down tonight?

Enjoy your night in Sunny Widnes

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Ahaaaaaaaaaaaa.

I was there but missed the teams being announced. Anyone have the official line ups? I got most of the starting 13 apart from number 11 but I had hardly any idea on the players to number after that.

Enjoyed the game on the whole, some nice expansive play especially in the first 20 - 25 mins, I liked the look of Ellis at 7 and I thought Lomax did pretty well and looked pretty dangerous from fullback despite a couple of errors. No suprise Scott Moore looks like a natural to replace KC and he set up a smart try with nice little grubber close to the line from acting half which hopefully he'll do some more of during the season.

WIDNES
1. James Ford; 2. Danny Crompton, 22. Dean Thompson, 15. Shane Grady, 19. Matt Gardner; 6. Anthony Thackeray, 7. James Webster; 8. Steve Pickersgill, 9. Mark Smith, 10. Jim Gannon, 12. Dave Allen, 11. Lee Doran, 13. Chris Gerrard.

Subs: 14. Thomas Coyle, 18. Scott Yates, 21. Matt Strong, 17. Ben Kavanagh, 23. Dave Houghton, 3. Jack Smith, 24. Danny Hulme.

SAINTS
1. Jonny Lomax; 2. Jamie Foster, 3. Chris Dean, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Tom Armstrong; 6. Gary Wheeler, 7. Jamie Ellis; 8. Maurie Fa’asavalu, 9. Keiron Cunningham, 10. Bryn Hargreaves, 11. Andrew Dixon, 12. Chris Flannery, 13. Paul Clough.

Subs: 14. Lee Gaskell, 15. Shaun Magennis, 16. Jake Emmitt, 17. Matty Ashurst, 18. Jack Bradbury, 19. Thomas Makinson, 20. Scott Moore, 21. Carl Forster, 22. Warren Thompson.

T'was the scores on the doors?

Lomax, Clough and Wheeler could push for England honours imo.

Lomax will make it right to the top, awesome prospect.

Lomax, Clough and Wheeler could push for England honours imo.

Lomax will make it right to the top, awesome prospect.

I hope Magennis came through the game without any dramas, also good to see Makinson & Forster being rewarded for their excellent form on the October tour of Oz.

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