Merrin to captain the side. Watkins already gone. Shame he didn't get to say bye to the fans even if he was prevented from playing.

Real shame for Watkins and the fans is that

Bigger shame it will mean Ferres starting

Yes an unfortunate turn, would have been good for Watkins to play one more time at HQ.

Merrin as captain it is; not a shocker.

Is the bear Catholic? Does the Pope, er....

So given Watkins has already gone, what team will we pick?

Walker
Briscoe
Newman
Hurrell
Handley
Lui
Myler
Ava
Dwyer
Oledzki
Sutcliffe
Ferres
Merrin

Cuthbertson
Singleton
Smith
Lunt

I would go

Walker
Briscoe
Newman
Hurrell
Handley
Lui
McClleland
Ava
Dwyer
Singleton
Sutcliffe
Donaldson
Merrin

Lunt
Cuthbertson
Oledski
Smith/Albert


Myler has been terrible and the less said about ferres the better, both will actually play though

Is Ward not back this week?

He was supposed to be close.

I would start Lunt if he is fit, without a doubt. Catalans are a big side, who look to get on top early on. If they are not successfull with that, they go to pieces, and then you hit them with your own burst of momentum. Lunt would be far better defensively than Dwyer for that early containment, and then the introduction of Dwyer 25 minutes in, should see that momentum shift where Catalans start to collapse.

Agree with that.

Yep, Lunt starts for me as well.

I know Dwyer has had his knockers but a 25-30 minutes spell against a tiring Catalan side he can do some damage.

Starting with a new 9 and 6 is a bit of a gamble, but it would be interesting to see if it improves our shape. We just need to get Newman and Hurrell into space with Walker up into the line in good ball - most sides would worry with that.

Good to hear a strong confident attitude from Lui, something along the lines of ‘if the pack takes us forward we will take care of the rest’

Over to the the pack then.....

Walker
Briscoe
Newman
Hurrell
Handley
Lui
Myler
Seumanufagai
Lunt
Oledski
Ferres
Smith
Merrin

Dwyer
Cuthbertson
Albert
Sutcliffe

Ferres has been poor but sadly we need him unless we have any returning from injury. Having our 2nd rows as Smith, Donaldson and Sutcliffe, they will be seriously out muscled by Catalans big forwards

Hope we go with

Walker
T.Briscoe
Newman
Hurrell
Handley/(L.Briscoe if Handley isn't fit)
Lui
Myler
Seamanufagai
Lunt
Singleton
Smith
Sutcliffe
Merrin

Subs

Cuthbertson
Dwyer
Oldezki
Donaldson

No Doubt Ferres will play and I sort of agree with a previous poster he is bigger than Smith, Sutcliffe, Donaldson but he has little effort and is shocking every week but he'll probably play in back row with Smith missing out I reckon.