Its a good game to start him. Theres no pressure for a win and sometimes a host of newer young faces can effect the oppositions preparations.
A few years ago the new combination of Lomax and Gaskell rocked Leeds' world in a similar fixture

Those 5 drives from our own try line after sinfield has kicked us to death will probably take us about 3 yards forward so unless Charnock can manage 90 yard drop goals your plan is flawed

Me too - I'd be tempted to select him along with Wheeler and have Lance on the bench to provide cover or maybe come on at 9 and let Roby have a dig at 13 or a short break

Why does it feel like it is only ever us who has an absolute massacre of available first team players each and every season?

Apparently Percival is out now ..

Well we haven't acquired any of the goons Teflon for disciplinary hearings and we have just been unlucky injury wise. tbh the one we really miss is Walsh but if you go into a season with only 1 senior proven halfback your asking for trouble.

Along with Hull KR that would be because it is. But the club has consistently said it's bad luck (and nothing to do with our conditioning/training regime or anything) so it must be that we have lots of bad luck.

This year it seems pretty much all the injuries are muscle injuries. I'm surprised we don't lose more players to the warm up alone as it seems to go on for as long as the match itself.

To be fair, 3 players are banned, which is a different matter.
If Amor, LMS and Wilkin were playing, we'd be looking a lot more confident.

Hohaia for Anasta, I say.

Would certainly fix a problem for us. If Wheeler ever makes it as a viable 6 Anasta would be great at 13 too

You will have a problem, like all clubs do, with Leeds' very fast line defence.
They get at the first receiver before he gets the ball they're that quick.
You'd wonder how they could do that and still be onside at the ptb.
No doubt the Saints crowd tomorrow night will have a shout on that one.
As every crowd does!

If they can run 10m, in less than a second, from a standing start then there's a good chance they are offside.

That would play into the hands of Gary Wheeler, chip over the top, side step then the ball out to the winger.

Briscoe won't be playing this week.

So we still have BJB and Hall to contend with.


BJB can be dodgy so let's bomb him