This is going to be another difficult game, Hull are another team this year who have improved, a win here would give us confidence for the big challenge cup game the week after.

Does anyone know how long Peacock, Eastwood and Donald will be out for?

My Team:

1. Brent Webb

28. Lee Smith
3. Brett Delaney
4. Keith Senior
5. Ryan Hall

13. Kevin Sinfield
6. Danny McGuire

8. Kylie Leulaui
14. Matt Diskin
16. Ryan Bailey

11. JJB
17. Ian Kirke
18. Carl Ablett

Subs:
7. Rob Burrow
9. Danny Buderus
12. Ali Lauitiiti
19. Luke Burgess

Aye Kirke is just producing crap week after week. Even when he gets put in an open area he doesn't have any footwork to take advantage of it which is not good enough for Leeds Rhinos. Yesterday he had a lot of room out wide with Senior and Hall along side him, instead of using some skills to draw in Casey McGuire and send Senior and Hall on their way he just decided to run it in straight forward and take the tackle. Typical of Kirke, just a basic rugby from him time and time again. If Ali, Eastwood, JJB or Ablett was in the same position you can almost guarantee they would have taken advantage of the situation.

Looking at yesterdays game we are going to get steam rolled on sunday.Theri pack is huge with fitzgibbon and luakiki etc.. I hope we play better than yesterday!!

I think we will go to your place confident if not expectant. We have played reasonaly well so far with a couple of exceptions, however, our away form is patchy at best and Sean Long will be a doubt. We were without Fitzgibbon, Tickle, Horne, Briscoe, Lauaki and Calderwood yesterday and lost Long after 15 minutes and were right in it until about 12 minutes to go so we've got to take heart from that. Of those missing Fitz, Horne, Lauaki and Briscoe are expected to return against you. If we start well and our pack get on top we are very capable of getting a result, however we don't seem to all that good at chasing games so if you get in front early we might struggle. I'd like to see us line up with:

Tansey
Hall
Yeaman
Briscoe
Whiting
Turner
Horne
O'Meley
Berrigan
Cusack
Manu
Burnett
Fitzgibbon

Moa
Lauaki
Dowes
Houghton

That's my worry for the next two games, IMO our backs are far better and if we had Peacock & Eastwood to match the Hull pack I would have a lot more confidence but without them It could be like the Bulls first half if we are unable to make any yards.

Is Jay Pitts injured?
I would have played him instead of Kirke yesterday.
We might need Kirkes size against Hull this weekend though.
Lets just hope he decides to use his size to it`s full potential.
IMO we need quick PTB and move the ball out wide every opportunuity to beat Hull this Sunday.

I would play pitts instead of kirke, but I think that size is not everything, just because kirke is fairly big doesn't mean he will add more than a smaller guy with a bit more about them

Think I am going blind! Obviously I didn't read all u had written!

I saw Donald on sunday and he said another 4 weeks with his injury

I would have a 3 forward bench, anything less will be daft

And what do we do with him?

Hall & Smith can do everything Donald can

Smith will not get a go in the centres with Delaney & Senior (maybe if Senior doesn't improve but I think he will)

Webb is a better fullback than Smith

Tough choices but a good problem to finally have competition for places

With Buderus back after being rested, I can see us going back to McGuire at 6, Burrow at 7, Sinfield at 13. Have a feeling that Ambler will be out of the squad with Jay Pitts returning.

Webb
Smith
Delaney
Senior
Hall
McGuire
Burrow
Leulaui
Diskin
Bailey
Jones Buchanan
Ablett
Sinfield (c)

Subs:
Buderus
Lauitiiti
Pitts
Burgess

That's my motto too.