Heavy pitches early in the season, we need strong pack replacements on the bench. The young lad needs a run of games not just throwing in for one off game perceived as being a foregone conclusion by supporters. I'm sure Hunslet will be fired up for this opening home game so l wouldn't like to see complacency slip into our squad.

By all means rotate the squad a little but I wouldn't be going so far down the squad list at the moment.

Ackroyd named in the reserves for the game against Cas tonight.

Okunbor has done his hamstring so will be out for at least 2/3 more weeks.

Armitage on the wing again then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nPD_QFnTPA&t=291s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nPD_QFnTPA&t=291s

Bulls 21 man squad:

Armitage
Bayliss-Brow
Blake
Fulton
Gee
Gill
Hallas
Holmes
Keyes
Lawrence
Lilley
Liu
Mason
Meadows
Michael
Ott
Pele
Scurr
Souter
Taufua
Waine

Holmes
Taufua
Blake
Gill
Armitage
Meadows
Keyes
Scurr
Souter
Bayliss-Brow
Fulton
Gee
Lawrence

Pele
Mason
Ott
Michael

Would be my 17
Think Ott deserves a chance and Lilley wasn't great last week.

I think from what nobby said in his interview,lui,mason and ott will all play this weekend.

I'd rest Souter. Had to play 80 mins against Cas and we don't want to be getting to the business end of the season thinking about the amount of minutes our key men have played.

It would be good to see what Ott, Mason and Liu can offer. I felt Ott and Liu both went well against Huddersfield when they got some minutes. I can see Nobby giving Keyes and Lawrence another weeks rest with a couple of tough games coming up against Batley in the 1895 Cup and then away at Toulouse. I agree that Souter could also do with a week off. I'd go with something like:

Holmes
Armitage
Gill
Blake
Taufua
Meadows
Lilley
Bayliss-Brow
Ott
Scurr
Fulton
Gee
Hallas
---
Mason
Michael
Pele
Liu

Playing Hunslet reminds me how much this club has fallen. Hopefully we can rid ourselves of these embarrassing fixtures this year. However, we run an amateur ship and unless someone comes in with cash and makes professional appointments off the pitch, we will be a pub team compared to other Super League teams next year.