Will Kear go with a full strength side or choose to rest a few and give some on the fringes a run? Apparently Hitchcox and Bustin won't play as Cas don't want them cup tied. Laithwaite is already cup tied.

IMO we'd probably lose this heavily anyway so I'd be resting a few key players.

I think Wire's pack will eat us. It could get bad.

I'd definitely rest anyone who isn't 100%. We're not going to win this, so to risk having too many top players injured would be madness imo. By all means the players who turn out should play their hearts out and for 'fringe' players it would be an excellent chance to impress.

Can Johnson and Wood play?
If you take out our five loan players then Kear's hand might actually be forced in a few positions.

Pickersgill
Ryan
Smith/Oakes
Gibson
Grant/Rickett
Keyes
Minchella?
Crossley
Halafihi
Kirk
Garside
??
Milton

Peltier
Andrade?
Flanagan
Hallas

We've got a top of the table clash the week after. As I said going into the Hunslet game, I'd rather Kear put out a second string side as the only priority this season is gaining promotion. The cup is an unneeded distraction

I'd be resting anyone who has even the slightest twinge or sniffle.

They've already played for us in the Cup this season

150% rest some players. Don't want any injury problems for Doncaster week after.

Can't see too many changes. I would imagine this is a game they all want to play in. If players are carrying knocks then they may be rested, other than that, think we'll be going all out for the win.

He doesn't seem that keen on resting slight knocks. Some he has, granted, but Ryan had tight hamstrings this week so surprised me he played on a wet heavy field in a game we were almost guaranteed to win!

Warrington not allowing game to have a delayed stream (surprising as Warrington aren't exactly a team needing brass and are one of the more forward thinking clubs) Least Chalmers's statement was a little more PC this time.

On a more positive note, sounds like it will be a decent following from us with possible 2500 fans going over. Nice little payday.

https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... eam-update That's the statement he should have made last time.

https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... eam-update That's the statement he should have made last time.

Warrington aren't allowing a LIVE stream. The full game will be shown at 6pm on Sunday.

And I will be amazed if we take 2500 supporters.

But yes, at least this one was a bit more professionally written than the Workington shambles.

Yeah, it's a bit more reserved than the Workington one. But I think that's because it's not been a case of the permission being pulled 24 hours before the game after all the preparations including the Proper Sport guys driving all the way to Workington and back to discuss setup positions has happened.

Warrington have said that they don't want the game shown live but have no objection to a delayed showing at 6pm, the same as the other cup games we've had this year.

There are some interesting things said in the statement re future streaming of games mind you. It does seem that the idea is to see how well the service does this year in terms of viewers and the potential for monetizing those views in the future - a sensible course of action and I've no doubt that other clubs will be looking on at Bradford's experiment to see if this is something they could use.