[quote="chapylad":diz9zrj5]Seemed a bad choice by Sivo coming off his wing to prevent the kick by French I think. He fell off the tackle and French fell on to his lower leg. Let`s hope it`s not ligaments. Well impressed with Sinfield who didn`t shirk tackling some big blokes running at him. Standouts for me Connor once again who is offering more that Miller did last season and he kicks goals. Oledzki and Holroyd both ran hard and fronted up their forwards. No one mentioning Bentley who must have made 40 tackles out there and TNW and Palesena who ran the ball in hard. The young lads when they came on were very good considering their size. Very happy with that performance but worried about Sivo`s injury[/quote:diz9zrj5] Shame about Sivo. Let's hope it's a few weeks rather than a few months. You can't get carried away about friendlies, but in a very physical contest, with a fair bit of injury adversary, we got the better of the best team in the league. There's cause for a bit of hope, I think.

At first I thought Sivo had done his ankle but I wouldn`t be surprised if it`s his ACL which could be season ending.

Sivo did not look good at all, I wouldn't be surprised if its a long lay off - hopefully not. I think Arther will stick with Ash in the Centres and use Riley Lumb on the wing who I thought looked good when he came on. We are certainly fitter than this point last year and we restricted a veery good Wigan pack for metres, we certainly look better equipped in the forwards this year. As much as it caused a bit of a stir The Jake Connor signing could be a bit of a master stroke if he can get some consistency out of him, he looks to be enjoying his rugby again. Jack Sinfield doing stints at 9 isn't a bad call either, it gets him game time and in fairness he looks to have bulked up a bit and wasn't getting dominated in defence. Think round one line up will be Jake Connor Riley Lumb Ash Handley Harry Newman Ryan Hall Brodie Croft Matt Frawley Mik Oledski Andy Ackers Keenan Palasia James Bentley James Mcdonnall Cam Smith Jack Sinfield Sam Lisone Tom Holroyd Morgan Gannon/Cooper Jenkins

Agreed, if Ned McCormack and Simpson weren't injured / returning to fitness, then they may have been options. I think it will be one of Lisone, Gannon or Jenkins to miss out. A tough call.

For me, Lisone should be the one at risk of missing out in Rd1.