Totally agree with 'your selections' ...but Rob is now acting captain, so I doubt he will start on the bench. At least Lilley should make that bench spot. ......

You don't know how happy it makes me to eventually see - at long last - everybody joining me in advocating the fearless promotion of youth

McGuire isn't the only one injured only a week into the season. Aiton is going to miss 6 weeks for Catalans. Shenton is going to miss the rest of the season for Cas and Luke Robinson for Hudds has been forced to retire. Always had good deal of respect for Robinson, he reminded me of Burrow in that he wasn't the biggest but he stood his ground in defence and took some nasty blows when attacking but kept going.

Wow! That is sad for Shenton....and especially for Robinson like you say. I agree he was another (normal/usual) Burrow. Fearless,incredibly resilient and plucky for a man of such small stature.

I thought Sutcliffe was really dissapounting for Leeds last week. Slow thinking and wrong options stopped Leeds getting points IMO but great players learn fast and kick on so hopefully with no injuries he learns

Its probably just lack of match fitness, in a position where you constantly have to be thinking the onset of fatigue can hugely affect your game, give it a month or so and hell be back to his best

One of the best prospects at the club, injured for 6-7 months then written off on his first game back. A game where he was injured for most of it.

Classic Southstander.

Shame about Robinson. Good player, brave and skilful.

I think that is quite harsh - he would have been nervous given how long he had been out and he was injured early doors too

Whilst I don't disagree he would have been nervous I agree with the previous comment. Sutty made bad decisions more often than not. As a playmate that ability to get key decisions right I'd crucial.

Age, experience, fitness etc... all have varying iimpacts but if sutty is to be a world class 6 he needs to cope with it all and make good decisions. It's the nature of the position he plays.

Only seen the tackle on Shenton once, but it looked all wrong to me.

I can remember Mcguire saying when he got a similar injury that it took him a couple of months before he go confident with it, may just take that long for Sutcliffe, lets just hope Ward can hit the ground running as he has significantly less time before the crucial part of the season

I agree he didn't have a great game but perhaps expectations were too high give the circumstances. He was certainly off the pace - hence the forward passes - that was to be expected? An injury of that severity is bound to impact your confidence until it has been properly tested in your mind. Add to that he was injured early in the game, I think some allowances should be made.

Is he a world class half back? time will tell