For me I don’t think Powell is playing well enough to warrant a place. I wasn’t at the game on Monday but I’d be tempted to go for;



1 Escare/Tomkins

2 Marshall

3 Gildart

4 Sarginson

5 Burgess

6 Williams

7 Tomkins/Escare

8 Flower

9 Ganson

10 Hamlin

11 Bateman

12 Farrell

13 Lockers



I’m led to believe Woods had a decent showing v Hull KR and i would be inclined to give him a bench spot. The rest is between Navarrete/Clubb/J Tomkins/Sutton. TT along with Powell haven’t and aren’t doing enough for a shirt.

Woods played pretty well but in fairness to Powell I thought he was ok at Saints. He did a great job down our right in bottling Barba up and he really got stuck in to him. He’s never going to be more then a stop gap option for this season imo but Powell was apparantly superb the week before against Huddersfield (I was away) so I wouldn’t write him out.



Maybe Escare to get a start against his old club with Powell to have a week on the bench to cover the halves and Leuluai.

If I were going to have Powell covering the hooker I’d probably start him at 9 and have Ganson on the bench leaving TL out. I think Woods had a pretty tough game v Saints and in hindsight it maybe wasn’t the game to play him in. I’d like to see how him and Williams go together in the halves for a sustained period - it may even change my mind on putting Tomkins there!



I don’t think we’ll go full strength v Catalans but I’d still expect us to win by 16-24 points.

If Ganson is the future and Tommy is on his way out there needs to be a transition period this season, with Powell the constant. I see Escare as our 7. Powell and Tommy interchange 9, phasing Tommy out, bringing Ganson in.

One of the top 5 comebacks O loughlin is a machine

The day will sadly come when Lockers is no longer the best player in SL, but that day is not today! Yet another great performance from a Wigan legend... Amazing stuff.

How did Gabe Hamlin go?

Didn't stay on the pitch for very long so hard to say and then didn't re-appear (along with Williams, Flower who both didn't come back second half).