3 or more opposed games in pre season should be ok. just hope hit the ground running this year.

A Panthers win. We need to play like we did in the 2nd half against Wakefield. It will be close as it’s the opening game of the season. A win and then we can listen to Ashton calling our team and staff snakes again. What a bitter little man

Interesting game for a number of reasons and rather than repeat what has been said I'll just add that apart from testing our playing ability it will probably be the biggest test of our character for some time as there's been more emphasis on getting off to a good start coming from within the club than most if not all previous seasons build ups.

The approach should be, to get the season off to a good start you need to get each game off to a good start.

Stick to basics and from the whistle rip into them but keep your discipline with no silly penalties, complete your sets and play in the right part of the pitch and if we can set the right platform we have the ability to get the points on the board and take the game.

No Doro in squad ?
Was looking forward to seeing him..injured or not made cut ?

I am too disappointed that Doro as not made the cut for me he could be a game changer either starting or coming off the bench. And i would presume that Tibbs as not over come is ankle injury other wise we look pretty strong. I would guess that mCcomb will play centre in tibbs absence but Cole Oakley looked handy there in the second half at wakefield and he as been training a fair bit in that position too. Sheffield have there 2 first choice fullbacks missing and Thackery too which will test there squad depth in the spine of there team. Bring on sunday and up the panthers.

Interesting squad , I assume tibbs is still injured . Obviously I’ve only seen one preseason game and doro was one of our better players so I’m surprised to see him not picked as ultimately as Dan Murray says this game will be won in the pack and doro would’ve given us some extra physicality we needed off the bench . I suspect from the 21 man squad oakley , rawsthorne and inman to miss out , obviously Grix has seen more than us and it wouldn’t surprise me if this wasn’t the case . I for one think inman is ready and would pick him over wood who underwhelmed last year , inman brings physicality and a good kicking and passing game not sure what wood brings but I’m sure Grix will say experience. I also believe having wood and Keyes on together reduces our defensive capabilities whilst having inman on doesn’t but that’s just my personal opinion. I’m a big Grix fan but there was a few team selections last year that left me scratching my head , this is an important game and I know it’s a ‘ marathon and not a sprint’ but this year will be tighter than ever , I hope he’s got this one right .

We don't want to be hearing the marathon not a sprint phrase on Monday morning that's for sure. We've become noted for slow starts in recent seasons and it's high time that changed. As for Doro not even being in the squad, surely it must be because of injury. I see him as a direct replacement for Gwaze and from what I have seen he should be in from the start. It will be a tight game whatever and let's see if we can get off to a flyer. Up The Fax!

If rawsthorne gets picked instead of maizen I’m sending my ticket back lol

I can't believe we've brought Rawsthorne back. Last time out he was so uninterested it was almost as though he thought he was too good to be in't championship. It smacks as a job's for the boys scenario. Let's hope when he gets his chance he proves the doubters wrong.

Rawsthorne is definitely this years joe Martin.

Well we have our first win. A bit close for comfort. Our foal line defence let us down, Sheffield never looked like scoring from far out. It was or usual niglley match with them.
We certainly have speed on the left flank with Maizen and Walmsley the try was a belter.I thought the ref was no use at all the stuff he missed was amazing. See how we go against Fev next week but I think
Once we get going we will be hard to beat.