Trying to think of teams who have finished third that have gone all the way before...

In all seriousness Pumps is right. Really hope we do ourselves justice Sunday. Think losing twice to York already might be a good thing.

If we win the next two I'd be confident about winning the final but I reckon it's fanciful and we'll be out this weekend.

I think in a strange way, this game is the pressure game. We are at home and we are the highest placed qualifier for this round so you could argue we should be favourites. However we havent beaten York this year so clearly they know how to exploit our weaknesses.

If we manage to get a win on Sunday, expectations will be a lot lower and we will be massive underdogs whoever we face and therefore it's almost a free hit.

For me it's just good to be seeing the side contest these games and have a strong finish to the season after so much inconsistency.

York's pack has had the beating of us in the past and they play a very effective simple game that is almost mistake free. Their service from DH is exemplary so we need to slow that down and disrupt it while staying on the right side of the ref. Their kicking game is varied and accurate so we need those "effort plays" to pressure their kicker on every set. If we do win it'll take a really committed and consistent 80min performance. We don't have the individual flair to win it - we need to produce a real team performance.

If York approach the game with a complacency due to previous wins the Bulls may get a chance to play on, though I don't think Eamon O’Carroll is planning for life in SL next season but for the one in 2025 at the earliest!

No Scurr or Myers, we'll have to do it tough.

Including 4 props would be a start

Rogers, Doro, Lawrence, Okoro & Matongo all included in the 21 man squad.

Scurr missing is a massive loss.

I've bought tickets for the family so guaranteed to be the last game of the season now.

They included 4 in the last game at odsal didn’t stop them playing 3

Yeah I couldn't get my head around selecting only 3 last time unless there was a late injury.

Without Scurr we need all four props to really put a shift in and Blackmore and Taufua to put in plenty of tough carries too. We can't rely on Ebon being the only man to get us over the advantage line now (he was the only one doing it consistently at the last game against York).

I'd go for the following:

1: Holmes
2: Blackmore
3: Arundel
4: Gill
5: Taufua
6: Gaskell
7: Lilley
8: Matongo
9: GFS
10: Lawrence
11: England
12: Butler
13 Baitieri

14: Tindall
15: Rogers
16: Doro
17: Appo

We have players back who didn't play the other week against them and Scurr is a HUGE blow, but we need those 4 props. Also, if Tindall hasn't partied too hard in Barcelona, I would much rather he come on instead of Wynne at Fullback and move Holmes up to Hooker when GFS comes off. I think Tindall offers a lot more than Wynne.

I'd go with that apart from AJ for England and I think Tindall will be swapped round with Taufua.

No. The interchange hookers we have are Barraclough (first team debut?) and Lilley (would need to change around the halfback combination). Neither is ideal