think someones been told we wont make money off game and misunderstood that as all the gate receipts go to RFL.
I've heard figure of 25k quoted as what i costs us to open odsal for a game. assuming 4k gate at £15 a head. we'd get 15% (9k) plus 40%(24k). so a actual profit of only 8k.donny would get 24k. obviously the higher the gate gets the more money we get. Really for early cup games its better for SL clubs financially to get an an away tie. Its just a factor of the relative sizes of stadium invoved and the likely attendances at this stage of cup.

You should have swapped it to the Keepmoat, probably cheaper to run and it'd have been a nice day out for some of your players to get to play at a ground like ours (joke)

Surely in the interest of your current situation, it's be easier to say to someone "Throw 15 quid in this bucket and see a game, than throw something in this bucket for nowt"

So- we had 18 fit players at Widnes. Bateman will be back but we will almost certainly lose Heath to suspension. Sammut is out. There are a few players with knocks.

This is the type of game you would consider resting players who are carrying knocks or who have been ever-present this season (Hargreaves?) but we would have to seriously raid the u20's who have injury probs as well. A couple of the better u18's prospects actually played for the u20's last Saturday as cover.

Jack Owens played for Widnes on monday who is 17, let Curtis Naughton play who is 17

1. Kearney
2. Platt
3. Purtell
4. Lulia
5. Ainscough
6. Addy
7. Jeffries
8. Manoakafoa
9. Diskin
10. Hargreaves
11. Whitehead
12. Elima
13. Langley

14. Bateman
15. Burgess
16. Olbison
17. Whoever's fit....

Naughton looks a cracking prospect, if Kearney moves to 6 i'd love him to get a shot.

1. Kearney (?slight knock vs Widnes) - Naughton (big step up)
2. Platt (?slight knock vs Widnes) - Rossi
3. Purtell
4. Lulia
5. Ainscough
6. Addy
7. Jeffries
8. Manoakafoa
9. Diskin
10. Hargreaves (ever present this season - ?rest) An u20's prop?
11. Whitehead
12. Elima
13. Langley

14. Bateman
15. Burgess
16. Olbison
17. Whoever's fit.... someone else from u20's?

There will have to be some sort of squad rotation I would think. Unfortunately will have to be a lot of youngsters.

There's part of the answer

Bateman = 2 matches off, therefore should be fresh
Burgess = didn't play on Monday, therefore....
Olbision = has played half a game all season

All those three should be starting for me - with Hargreaves, Langley etc on bench, if not rested altogether

Id be tempted to go with:

1. Curtis Naughton
2. Michael Platt
3. Adrian Purtell
4. Keith Lulia
5. Shaun Ainscough
6. Brett Kearney
7. Ben Jeffries
8. Tom Burgess
9. Danny Addy
10. Jamie Langley
11. Elliott Whitehead
12. Tom Olbison
13. John Bateman

14. Matt Diskin
15. Bryn Hargreaves
16. Olivier Elima
17. Alex Mellor

Any scope for Marcus Elliott to step up and take Sammut's place?

1. Naughton
2. Rossi
3. Purtell
4. Lulia
5. Ainscough
6. Addy
7. Jeffries
8. Burgess
9. Diskin
10. Elima
11. Olbison
12. Langley
13. Bateman

14. Manukafoa
15. Cockerham/Payne (both props I think?)
16. Although if we are thinking Bateman can cover hooker then Whitehead on the bench would also cover centre I suppose.
17. Sam Wood (2nd row?)

I'd like to see Langley rested if possible as he's worked his nuts off recently

Would like to see the young FB given a chance. We can't have to many youngsters in though IMO. 1 or 2.

Is Southerwood injured? Surely we can play him providing he's not cup tied and on dual reg not loan?