Think he could miss out, we will need Kirke and JJB to do spells at prop. Keep the impact of Ali and Eastwood so no place for young Chris, his time will come

If he does miss out his 30 tackles per match will need to be done by someone else and none of the players you mention come anywhere near that. Eastwood and Ali would have to do triple their usual defensive work rate.

He (Clarkson) simply HAS to play, IMO and the players who should be sweating most are Kirke (patchy form) and Ablett (suspension).

You're absolutely right, but I can see McLennan (in the absence of Peacock and Burgess) feeling that he needs to have some size on the bench and for that reason alone Clarkson may miss out.

There's logic in that. However, I'm not so sure he won't go for a more mobile defence against a team that move the ball around like warrington. I reckon Clarkson'll get the nod.

size dodn't stop graham eccles tackling the big men & it won't stop chris clarkson , hope he plays

Clarkson has to play for his outstanding tackling, stamina, cover for several positions and not forgetting he gets in poistion to score important tries.

I personally think Clarkson should play and for me Kirke has more plus points at prop as cover than the semi fit duo of Ali and Eastwood.

For me I would choose Ali within the 17 to come off the bench and unfortunate as it is Eastwood would miss out simply due to the fact he is unlikely to be 100%.

Ablett to miss out for me.

I agree with others about Clarkson and the need to keep Kirke as an interchange prop.

Anyway......posession is 9/10ths of the law so they say and the current 17 have done nothing wrong in Ablett's absence so as unfortunate as it would be for Carl and no matter how good a player he is for us i'd be disapointed if Clarkson was dropped for Ablett.

If Clarkson,Kirke and Ablett ARE all selected in the 17 then for me that would mean Diskin dropping out which would likely cause a stir on here

Ablett to miss out for me as well

Diskin wont miss out as McClennan plans around an interchange hooker and I do think the rest if gives Buderus is worth it.

Especially if the Wolves tacklers target Buderus' knee which I fully expect them to do.