Wigan Warriors have today named their 19 man squad that will face St Helens at the DW Stadium, this Good Friday, 12.15pm.

With the likes of Lee Mossop, Harrison Hansen, Gil Dudson and Anthony Gelling all still missing through injury it's a similar squad to the one that figured in the 62-4 success over Widnes with the Warriors expecting to name the same seventeen.

There were a couple of knocks from the Vikings game but the Warriors are hopeful that the players concerned Sean O'Loughlin and Michael McIlorum will be fine for the huge local derby.

Wigan Warriors 19 Man Squad

(In alphabetical order)

Greg Burke, Josh Charnley, Dom Crosby, Liam Farrell, Ben Flower, Darrell Goulding, Blake Green, Jack Hughes, Rhodri Lloyd, Michael McIlorum, Sean O'Loughlin, Pat Richards, Tom Spencer, Matty Smith, Scott Taylor, Iain Thornley, Logan Tomkins, Sam Tomkins, Chris Tuson

Referee - Richard Silverwood.

Here is ours:

1. Paul Wellens, 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Jordan Turner, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Francis Meli, 8. Josh Perry, 10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Willie Manu, 14. Anthony Laffranchi, 15. Mark Flanagan, 16. Paul Clough, 19. Josh Jones, 21. Tom Makinson, 23. Nathan Ashe, 25. Alex Walmsley, 27. Anthony Walker, 30. Mark Percival, 35. Lewis Charnock.

If you do not win, then I worry for your team.

Derbies mean nothing when it comes to form or names on a piece of a paper. ANYTHING can happen on the pitch.

We are missing our first choice FB, halves and hooker, whereas you have all yours playing.

Can't see anything other than a Wigan win, regardless of the fact that it's a derby.

Like it or not but Paul Wellens is your first choice full back. Just because YOU wouldn't pick him there.

If we're playing that game then we're missing our first choice full back and stand off because I'd ratber play Pat at 1 and Sam at 6.

Nathan Brown after the Wire game said that Lomax was going to be the 1st choice FB from now on and Wello was likely to play at LF.

And we are missing FOUR prop forwards.
Remember 2003?
First choice halves?
Who would that be?

First choice fullback?
Lomax has only played there when Wellens was unavailable.

Don't you look silly now.

Seriously, I give up.

We will be without 4 of our 6 senior props. Perry, LMS, Lafranci and Walmsley really ought to outmuscle Flower, Taylor, Crosby and Burke, games aren't won on paper but I'd only call us slight favourites

Without the bickering it's true we have 1, 6 and 9 missing. At the moment Wilkin is first choice scrum half (available) and Lomax is first choice Full back (unavailable). The loss of Roby needs no discussion, that's obviously a huge loss.

I'm looking forward to seeiing how it will go, we're missing our main creative players and attacking threats (including TP). However, you're missing your main grunt men which provides go forward to get in those good positions.

It's an interesting conundrum really, will we win the forward battle but not be able to do anything with the possession? Will you lose the battle up front but be able to score that game winning try through the use of your creative and attacking players?

Either way let's hope for a top game of Rugby League and a bouncing atmosphere.

Nathan Brown quotes on the BBC sports site that he is not bothered about the Derby match as it is only classed as two points gained or lost.