Wigan are set to give a debut to teenage half-back Sam Tomkins in tomorrow's delayed Carnegie Challenge Cup fifth-round tie against Whitehaven at the JJB Stadium.
Tomkins, the younger brother of first-team forward Joel, who this week signed a new two-year contract with the Warriors, gets his chance because New Zealand's Thomas Leuluai is expected to be jet-lagged following his whistle-stop trip to Sydney and back for Friday's centenary Test.
Wigan welcome back second row pair Gareth Hock and Phil Bailey from suspension and illness respectively as they look to bounce back from the embarrassment of their 57-16 defeat by St Helens in Cardiff.
Noble admits their 10-try thrashing is still hurting and says he is ready to swing the axe if his players do not respond.
"We were very disappointed," he said. "It hurt everybody. It hurt me and it hurt the Wigan fans who have been very very loyal.
"Excuses are running out for certain people. It's important that we respond.
"It's important that we recognise that everyone has to show up for this team. We have to re-instil some confidence and re-instil some back-to-basic beliefs that I have."
Wigan, whose tie was delayed because of Wigan Athletic's crunch Premier League clash with Manchester United, are expected to make progress against the National League One part-timers.
Whitehaven suffered a club record 98-4 defeat when they visited Wigan in the fourth round in 2000 and have not beaten the Cherry and Whites since scraping an 8-5 home win in 1982.
Their only away win was back in 1972 at the old Central Park ground in the last season of the old one league system and they are forced to field a severely weakened side.
The Cumbrians will be without recent signings Martin Gambles, Andy Gorski and Tane Manihera, who are all ineligible, and long-serving overseas duo Leroy Joe and David Fatialofa, who both broke their arms in the last game against Leigh.
Hooker Carl Sice is also sidelined with a fractured a bone in his hand.
"The St Helens result was probably a bad one for us but it shows they have areas we can work on," said coach Ged Stokes.
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