Hell of a recovery if so, that'll be less than three weeks won't it?

I didn't introduce Kirke as a comparator, Gotcha did. I simply put up the raw numbers, which showed that inexperienced kid playing his 1st, 1st team game on the wing (IIRC) made more carries than the 31 year old forward entering his 8th season as an integral part of our 1st team squad.

What did I type that was wrong?

Does Kirke get so few minutes because we can't afford to carry passengers and he shows no appetite for the ball or does Kirke put up such low carry numbers because he gets low minutes?

Harrigan i'd swop Moore for kirke this week and start Mcshane with Burrow on the bench otherwise i agree with your line up.

Kirke made more Metres per carry than any other forward on the pitch last week so wont get dropped (62m from 7 hit ups). I thought he actually went ok too.

Kirke wore a long-sleeve skin........says it all G1.

I would swap Moore for JJB and possibly play Hood instead of Burrow.
It`s a toss up who gets Baileys place in the WCC.
I guess Kylie will edge it if he can last more than 10 minutes on the pitch on Friday.

I thought he was out for 6 weeks?

Kirke should really start on Friday solely based on the fact that the other prop options are seriously lacking in match fitness.

Hardaker
Keinhorst - Watkins - Moon - Hall
Sinfield - McGuire
Kirke - Burrow - Achurch
JJB - Clarkson
Ablett

Mcshane - Ward - Leuluai - Griffin

Would like to see McShane and Ward start with Burrow and JJB doing a few less minutes off the bench with Melbourne in mind but with a trio of first choice forwards out I can't see that happening. Opted for Kirke and Achurch simply because they have minutes under their belts so far this season.

I'd go for this too, Leuluai, Ward and Griffin haven't played enough to start.

Leeds by 100 = PAR
Minus "Leeds don't give a regular season shiite" factor of -46
Minus "Leeds tossing it off against whipping boy SL rabble" factor of -24
Plus "McGuire's personal flat-track bullying of whipping boy SL rabble" factor of +12
=
Leeds by 42

Out of interest, does the -42 come from factual analysis or just a gut feel?