So back to winning ways we go, but it came at a cost with Ryan Hall injuring his ankle and out for six weeks. Hopefully Briscoe will be back this week which would not hinder us much at all. If not then it'll be Keinhorst in the centre with Watkins on the wing. Galloway had a much better performance this week and hopefully he can keep that up. Be interesting whether Singleton and Garbutt are back in the frame this week too. We will probably miss Delaney as per the concussion procedure.

For me:

Hardaker. Watkins Keinhorst Moon Handley. Sutcliffe McGuire. Galloway Falloon Cuthbertson. Ablett Ferres. Singleton

Burrow Mullally JJB Garbutt

If Briscoe is back:

Hardaker. Briscoe Watkins Moon Handley. Sutcliffe McGuire. Galloway Falloon Cuthbertson. Ablett Ferres. Singleton.

Burrow Mullally JJB Garbutt

No point changing a winning team unless you're forced. Keinhorst for Hall with Watkins on the wing. Singo in for Delaney

I think Briscoe did have a chance of playing in one of the easter fixtures but not sure if it was cas or wakey the team I'd go with is:

Hardaker
Briscoe ( if definitely fine to return)
Watkins
Moon
Handley
Sutcliffe
Mcguire( if he is definitely fine to play)
Galloway
Falloon
Cuthbertson
Ablett
Ferres
JJB

Subs
Burrow
Delaney ( if he is definitely fine to play)
Singleton
Garbutt

If Briscoe is out Watkins to wing Keinhorst to centre if he is available if not Ablett to centre Singleton loose,JJB second row.


If Mcguire isn't fit then Burrow in halves, Lilley on bench but get more minutes than he did on Friday.

If Delaney is out Mullally onto bench.

With no real idea on McGuire,briscoe, Delaney it makes it hard to choose a team but I pretty much agree with above teams.

Why were Garbutt and Singleton out last week ? Are they fit enough to return ?.
I'd be tempted to save McGuire until the Wakey game or the one after but Delaney we could do with getting back so we have enough players to give Ferres a break.
Last year Ablett was flogged due to injuries to Delaney, jjb, Ward and Achurch and played in every game despite being clearly knackered . With all the back rowers we should have enough cover to rest him for 20 mins a game and even rotate him against weaker teams. Same for cuthbertson .

Both rested but Singletons Missus was due the day of the game so maybe that was part.

I'm not sure why everyone is not having Mullally in their squad considering he's been one of our better players in the games he's played.

Interview McGuire on the site said he took a niggle in training on Wednesday but he will be ok for Thursday.

Good point, I might swap him for Galloway or Garbutt, but like I said I would have Keinhorst on the bench if possible to stop Gale and Roberts splitting us down the middle as they did last year

Singleton and Garbutt were dropped because of their performance at Wigan. They were both at Headingley on Friday, so Singo's missus has got nothing to do with it

Regarding Mullally I agree, he's done well in a run of poor to average games and I'd still like to see him getting game time. However if McGuire is back that puts burrow on a guaranteed bench spot.
Add in Singleton and Garbutt you then have one spot left.

I would rather have starting props of Galloway and cuthbertson, with Singleton at LF. Then garbutt and mullally on the bench. At least until Ward is fit.
That however creates back row problems. Ferres,Ablett,jjb and Delaney to squeeze into two positions and one bench spot. We should be using that depth to rest and rotate as I said earlier.

I also forgot keinhorst lol,he has been pretty good this year too.

With back rowers coming back from injury, I'd like to see Ferres rested against Cas. But we know what Mac is like. He flogged Ablett last year. We need to rotate, but be mindful of the opposition and where we are in the table.

Cas will have to improve a lot on their last two performances to turn Leeds over - even at home.

I expect Leeds to win with ease.

Even just cutting him down from playing 80 mins a game would be a start.

I doubt it. Cas are always up for a game with Leeds, and will be desperate to put things right.

Leeds rarely put the Bulls to the sword in their relegation era (i.e. when we should have put 50 past them on paper) and Cas are more than capable of turning it on against us.

I'll take a win and an improved performance, not bothered about the margin.