Hi,

I was just wondering where the majority of the Leeds fans are sitting and if anyone knew the tea where Hull KR have been allocated to bring their millions?

Looking like a good crowd for the game with few tickets remaining.

Expecting just a few changes to the squad with Garbutt & Ward returning & judging by Warrington performance, you’d have to say Ablett & Ormondroyd.

Walker
Briscoe Watkins Sutcliffe Hall
Moon Myler
Garbutt Parcell Singleton
JJB Delaney
Cuthbertson

Dwyer Mullally Peteru Ward

Why drop Ablett? Thought he had a great game Thursday.

Would guess at Peteru being the other to drop out if both Ward and Garbutt return. People might think having all of JJB, Ablett and Delaney (along with Ward) is too many workhorse backrowers but McDermott gets performances out of them in big games and the lineup will have Melbourne in mind.

With Garbutt fit I wouldn't be surprised to see Cuthbertson rested for this one.

If Ward and Garbutt are fit, it’s tough to pick 17.

I think Dwyer will miss out if that is the case.

If you just consider HKR then we should probably play a really big team to roll over their small pack and not give their backs a sniff, which would probably mean dropping Delaney and keeping Peteru.

But, given we play the WCC next week, I recon we should just play the team we expect to play then, which will probably mean starting Ward and Garbutt, dropping Delaney and JJB to the bench and dropping Peteru and Ormandroyd out the 17.

No need to rest anyone this early unless anyone is carrying niggles.

Rest someone, for the 2nd game of the season - surely not! Where's the sense in that?

If anything, you want your top line players getting game time and full match fitness ASAP at this time of year. I'd say particularly as we're playing relatively weaker opposition (KR will be one of bottom teams this year) and in a big stadium with a decent sized crowd - this is a great opportunity for good game preparation for Melbourne.

Absolutely agree. The one advantage we'll have over Melbourne is match fitness so can't see anyone rested unless they're carrying an issue.

A previous poster mentioned Garbutt and Ward straight into the 13 with others dropping to the bench. I think definitely in the case of the latter he'll start on the bench due to lack of match fitness both against HKR and even possibly Melbourne.

You have to play Dwyer for the same reason. The whole point of signing him was to provide a proper interchange hooker who could also step in if Parcell is injured. He needs game time as much as anybody.

Peteru is out and if he needs surgery it could be 12 weeks

Garbutt back, replaces Peteru now due to injury. Ward in for Ormondroyd.

Walker
Briscoe Watkins Sutcliffe Hall
Moon Myler
Garbutt Parcell Singleton
Ablett Delaney
JJB

Dwyer Mullally Cuthbertson Ward

Oledzki Ormondroyd

How's Oledzki's shoulder problem? Would be a missed chance for him if he's missing whilst Galloway and Peteru are sidelined.

Lineup wise can't see them swapping JJB and Delaney around and think Garbutt will come off the bench due to lack of game time like Ward

Walker
Briscoe
Watkins
Sutcliffe
Hall
Moon
Myler
Cuthbertson
Parcell
Singleton
JJB
Ablett
Delaney

Dwyer
Mullally
Garbutt
Ward

Totally agree. Thought he was our best forward at Warrington.

From McDermott's press conference it sounds like Garbutt is still touch and go for HKR and that in normal circumstances he probably wouldn't play but they would prefer him to have some game time before playing Melbourne. Could be a risk if he plays and breaks down, need him against Melbourne as our big meter maker in the props.