TONY Smith is keen to resist the urge to rotate his Wolves side as they search for “continuity and consistency.”

There was only one change in the starting line-up for the World Club Series game against Brisbane, with Kevin Brown replacing the injured Toby King.

That prompted a reshuffle in the backs division, with Kurt Gidley dropping back to full-back, Matty Russell moving to the wing and Rhys Evans moving inside to centre, and it worked to perfection as The Wire pulled off a memorable 27-18 victory.

However, Smith says he wants to keep continue with the same personnel as much as possible, starting with tomorrow’s Super League clash with Castleford Tigers.

Wolves’ head of coaching and rugby admits there are younger players whom he would like to afford more time on the field, but the return of reserve grade rugby next month and the dual registration agreement with Championship side Rochdale Hornets will help in that respect.

“We’ve pretty much got 19 players fit and healthy at the moment so there aren’t that many options for rotation,” he said.

“We need to get some continuity and consistency about us, that’s the challenge so there’ll be no chopping and changing until we get that or it’s deemed we need to change things.

“There’s some younger guys who aren’t getting as much game time but that’s how it is.

“The reserves coming back will help with that and there’s Rochdale too. They’ve had a pretty good start up until last week but even them they performed pretty well.

“It’s been difficult for them to need some of our players as well, but over the next little while a couple of them will end up over there.

“Between reserve grade and Rochdale, we’ll get some guys up to speed.”

Wolves welcome Daryl Powell’s Tigers to The Halliwell Jones Stadium in the hope of earning their first Super League victory of the season.

Their opponents have already broken their duck with a 44-16 victory over newly-promoted Leigh in Round One, but Smith hopes to give them “a different kind of test” tomorrow night.

He also believes the weather could play a part in the game as the remnants of Storm Doris continue to batter the region.

“It’s not a case of keeping our feet on the ground, it’s about getting ourselves in the same mindset as we were against Brisbane,” he said.

“They’ve started the season well, they’ve been pretty consistent through their friendlies and had a decent performance against Leigh.

“They’re pretty confident at the moment, we can’t expect anything other than a tough match but we hope to give them a different kind of test.

“Hopefully it will be a good game and it will be if the skill levels are up where they were last weekend.

“I think we’re going to get some poor weather over the next couple of days so we’re going to have to handle the conditions as well as whatever Cas might throw at us.”