Perhaps you missed this.




Happy to help

Players work out in the gym a hell of a lot these days, far more than they did pre SL. Constant stretching and hammering of the muscle then all these slabs of muscle are running at each other 100mph every week, sometimes twice in four days recently it stands to reason to me that more injuries will happen. Not sure really what can be done apart from reducing games and doing away with the silly two game weekends.

Good point , but 75% of clubs have had injury crisis's since round 2/3 , nothing to do with excessive matches or ' double ' weekends

Perhaps you missed that he didn't mention Wakefield did he?

Happy to help.

Have they?

Which 9 clubs?

And who measures whether it's a crisis or just a couple of players?

Wigan definitely dragged into the frame now:

Wigan - Huddersfield A, Widnes A, Catalan A, Warrington H, Leeds H.

the huddersfield v wigan game looking very important now

Wigan now play Widnes at home

Wigan will be fine , got some bodies back this weekend. They will comfortably make the 8 but have some real work to do to make top 4 during the super 8s

Bloody lucky for Wigan that they didn't face a points deduction or forfeit the two league points when they cancelled the original Widnes game at late notice otherwise could really be in a mess wrt the bottom 4.

According to The RFL it's STILL under investigation. Unbelievable really considering it was 4 months ago.

It's the RFL so maybe a little believable, probably end up with a slap on the wrist fine.

Don't think the Giants did their top 8 prospects any harm last night, it's gonna be tight but we're on a roll now.

giants points difference is like another win.

Agreed Towns, I also think Huddersfield will be fine now. Can't see the bottom 4 changing now to be honest

Looking at the players in the line up today that Wigan are getting back, I'm still not writing them off making the 4

Lovely Swan dive from Tomkins - he's back.

If the RFL are being consistent (are they ever though!) then Ratchford should get charged for that. Can't see any difference between that and Actons trip on Marshall last week

It should have been a yellow all day long, mind you it didn't matter in the end.
Great finish for the neutral though !

I still think they will get there.

If they do they will probably win it all too.

Nah I think they've left too much to do. Need at least 10 wins from 12 and they won't be any higher than 6th by the split so will have a tougher fixture list with more away fixtures than home ones. Whilst they won yesterday it was a scrappy performance (from both teams) so they've still got a way to go to find the form to go on a big winning run and their next league game is vs Hudds away and on current form you'd have to go for Hudds.

Think Wigan will do enough to make the top 8 but will still be comfortably off the top 4 so they'll throw all their eggs into the challenge cup basket and save their big guns for the semi and potential final.

On form, Cas Salford & Leeds and nailed on for the top 4, leaving the rest to scrap for 4th. A lot can change in the Super 8's though with most games being '4 pointers'. It's set up to be very exciting.

Think you are right there But before the quarter final We were as just in form has the rest of you, It's all IF'S & But's but if we have had our first team playing you in the quarters it may have been a little bit different, All of the quarter final teams bar us were nearly at full strength so if we can get some body's back where capable of mixing it up in the 8's.

I hope Salford get to Wembley and play Hull



Up The Trin

I am a Wigan fan. But I wouldn't write Wakey off from making the 4. Like I said, very exciting - imagine Cas, Salford, Leeds, Wakey in the GF playoffs. Great for the competition.