1. Brent Webb
2. Lee Smith
3. Brett Delaney
5. Ryan Hall
6. Danny McGuire
7. Rob Burrow
8. Kylie Leuluai
9. Danny Buderus
10. Jamie Peacock
11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan
12. Carl Ablett
13. Kevin Sinfield
14. Ali Lauitiiti
16. Ryan Bailey
17. Ian Kirke
18. Luke Burgess
20. Weller Hauraki
24. Paul McShane
27. Zak Hardaker

I guess Cross must have shagged BMD's wife, because even when we have two props potentially backing up with 2 games in 3 days, and another who hasn't played for weeks, he can't even make the gameday squad...

Also still no Clarkson????

Hauraki and McShane to drop out for me.

Senior is now the only 1-17 not in the squad, so no excuses with injuries either this week.

Loving that this thread has managed to turn into a slanging match over youth development. Not.

In fairness to HKR, while several posters have acknowledged that they need to (and have begun to) up their game in the youth set-up, they have given some young British lads a chance at times in their career when they struggled to get first team RL at other clubs (Murrell, Fox and Netherton spring to mind immediately) and turned them into very solid SL players and even international contenders. A few less Aussies in the pack would be nice, but if you're behind the pace on that front you can't catch up over night.

To be honest, if you look at where Rovers were 10-12 yars ago, at a time when their cross-town neighbours were getting all sorts of leg-ups, I think they've done a pretty good job so far.

Burgess and Hauraki for me with how he has been picking the team.

So Mr. McDermott has been regularly complaining about not having the opportunity to rest Sinfield, and publicly declared that he's worried about a man who's played every single minute of every single game this season, and stated (quite rightly) that he's unlikely to produce his best work if he's in desperate need of a rest, and that he's risking more serious/longer term injury if playing with fatigue...

and this same man then picks him to play 2 games in 3 days, when McGuire & Burrow (Replacement Playmakers) aren't playing for England, and Clarkson (Replacement Loose) is left out entirely?

It's daft.

I'm not Cross' biggest fan at all, but he should be in this squad. For the reasons you have mentioned. if Cross could direct his aggression the right way, he could do a job.

A reprive for Biff, he should feel soooo lucky!

On the face of it it's a f*cking shambles. What is the club playing at.

Why no Clarkson and cross? crazy totally crazy.

Then factor in that Weller is still in the squad.

If Cross has shagged Mac's wife, Weller must be blowing him.

What is the point of having a squad if not to use it to keep players fresh?

This, in my view, completely underlines the suggestion that the club are simply pushing Cross out without tearing up his contract in front of his face.

Yep! Pretty snide though. Simply not cricket. Love or hate cross this kind of tactic if true is totally 100% out of order and really is something I'm disgusted with the club for. It's just bad business.

Whatever the qualities of Cross as a player, it would indeed be pretty low in any business to get a man to relocate his family halfway round the world, and then push him out after a matter of months. I assume he has children/schooling/property to think about as well.

However: quick practical question:

If Cross's contract is cancelled & paid up I know it counts on the salary cap. But will he count, in his absence, on the quota?

Another selection master-plan by our esteemed coach ,who's at fault this week Juan?

It's ridiculous and poor going from the club as a whole, but let's be honest here, that squad should still be good enough to dispose of Hull KR. If not, then the fault should still be lying at the same door, the players, even though anybody with half a brain cell can see that at least Burgess and Clarkson should be in the 17.

That just leaves the question as to who Clarkson has been shagging!