Leeds have two areas of strength - the first is their outside backs which need to be kept in check. With that in mind I would pick the strongest three quarters available namely Swift, Jones, Percival and Makinson.

The second is peacock who carries their pack with 150 + meters. To counter that I would consider starting our most experienced pack with Masoe and Lafranchi at prop with soliola and Flanagan in the second row. If Wello is not at six he should start at 13 leaving Richards walker and savelio plus a back on the bench. No place for Dawson in my view. Halves will be 2 from 3 of Charnock wheeler and Lance with who ever misses out on bench

Starting strong will give us a chance of getting in to game and establishing a platform whereby younger lads can get involved better if it's goin well and when JP Leuluai are being spelled.

Oops missed out greenwood - on bench - dispense with back on bench as Wello is 13

I'm kind of dreading having Masoe on the pitch at the same time as Rob Burrow. Masoe strikes me as being a bit of a liability in defence simply because he's huge and therefore relatively slow. He's been left standing a couple of times on the tryline (everyone seems to have picked up on that weakness very quickly!). Rob Burrow will just run round him. That could create an embarrassing scoreline. Other than that though given our ability to raise our game against Leeds no matter what group of players we chuck out on the day the chances of us winning are 50/50. But I'm not worried about us losing (the following week is far more important) but I wouldn't like us to be tonked at home. And the Burrow -v- Masoe mismatch feels like a tonking in the making.

Lomax
Makinson
Percival
Jones
Swift
Charnock
Wheeler
Laffranchi
Roby
Richards
Flanagan
Greenwood
Wellens

Hohaia
Masoe
Soliola
Walker

Only given +6 on coupon

The solution is simple.

Don't give them the ball.

5 drives and a drop goal every set. Job done.

It's going to have to be all about enthusiasm. We need to take a leaf out of Wigan's book - they've achieved a lot by dominating bigger (and, on paper, better) packs with phenomenal line speed and aggression. We're going to be well outsized on Friday, so we'll have to get right up in their grills before they can build a head of steam.

Pack's not as reliant on Peacock as some seem to think, he's just by a distance the best prop forward in Super League.

Leuluai did 142m off 11 carries last week - while it's London, that's pretty good going.

Nah it's just London

Which coupon? I'd like a bet on that.
Edit - I've found it.

That doesn't tally with 11/4 with no handicap.

www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... 1104803._/? Browns take on proceedings ... I hope we don't go for wheeler and lance

www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... 1104803._/? Browns take on proceedings ... I hope we don't go for wheeler and lance