Potentially niggly and scrappy game, going to need a decent ref. Half the team injured or suspended. Gonna be very tough one.

We have to keep an eye on that horrible s**t Stack. He got Taufua sent off last year and Doro suspended this year. I hope we have a strong ref this time who will not tollerate his interfering.

We know what game it's gonna be and their "tactics" we just have to rise above it. Big game this, it's one of the more difficult fixtures we've got over the next month so if we can get 2 points it will put us in a good position. We can't afford to have a hangover from Widnes.

Championship
Barrow Raiders v Bradford Bulls
04th August, KO: 15:00
Referee: J. Stack
Reserve Referee: J. Hughes
Touch Judge 1: I. Arnold
Touch Judge 2: L. O'brien
Time Keeper: B. Hartle

If the RFL match centre squad is right, Stack isn't playing, neither is Ryan Johnson. So that's a boost to us and hopefully a less grubby match.

Bulls name 20 man squad:

Appo, Balback, Bayliss, Davies, Fishwick, Fulton, Gill, Hallas, Holmes, Lehmann, Lilley, Mason, Okoro, Okunbor, Ott, Pele, Peposhi, Souter, Sammut.

Holmes
Lehmann
Smith
Gill
Okunbor
Sammut
Lilley
Bayliss
Souter
Pele
Davies
Fulton
Hallas
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Ott
Appo
Okoro
Peposhi
18th Mason

Makin and Franco arrive on loan and I assume we can add one of them to the 20 man squad for Sunday?

I thought we had Scurr back this weekend but looks like he is injured now. It never ends!

Didnt go through in time to play sunday according to Mick

I’m surprised at Makin to be honest. I thought he would have been on the usual loan for two weeks then it rolls weekly. Do loans prior to deadline day mean they literally do not have a recall option and it is an actual season (rest of) long loan therefore needing new paperwork?

Hopefully

Smash and grab required for this one - just win the game by whatever means. It'll be slow, it'll be grubby, it'll be ugly but just make sure we get a win.

3rd spot looks likely to be the highest we can realistically finish now, but we need a strong finish and pick up a few wins when we aren't at full strength. Big test tomorrow.

This fixture last season saw us get pumped 46-12 and was the end of the Mark Dunning experiment. Jarrod Sammut pulled the strings for Barrow that afternoon. Hopefully he can do the same for us today!

Absolute bottlejobs.

Anybody with any sense would have gone for a 1 pointer 15 minutes before the end. Dumb dumb play.