Within the spcece of 5 weeks ill get to see us whoop Halifax twice, beat L****s and have a weeks holiday in Toronto.
What a time to be alive!!

Scott Murrell not named in Halifax's 19. That's got to be a boost for the Bulls.

Dane Chisholm not named in our 19. Got to be a boost for Fax

Not sure, there are some fax fans who think they play better without him.

Yeah have a look at the Fax board, many think Murrell is a spent force.

Good! He always plays well when we play them.

I'm happy Murrells not playing. As you say he always has a stormer against us and while he won't do anything individually brilliant, he makes everyone else better around him. He rises in these big games (see Fev at Blackpool last year)

One thing you can't criticise about us this year is our defence (except against Fev) it looks like Fax will have Ben White (from Swinton) & James Woodburn-Hall at 6&7. If we can't start off well and keep them out, the longer the game goes on the more they may start to panic and throw passes that aren't on. That HB pairing doesn't frighten me in all honesty.

Queue to have egg on my face and both score blinding long range tries!

I think both teams are better at defending than attack so I expect it to be a low scoring game.

Scott is a legend at Fax but barring one game he really hasn't done it this season. Saying that, if he wasn't injured I would expect Marshall would have picked him. We'll see what the day brings. Up The Fax!

Erm.... Fax have the 4th worst defence in the league

19 Man Squad

Callum Bustin
Steve Crossley
Connor Farrell
David Foggin-Johnston
Dalton Grant
Sam Hallas
Evan Hodgson
Liam Kirk
Jordan Lilley
Rowan Milnes
Elliot Minchella
Ross Oakes
Ross Peltier
Brandon Pickersgill
Ethan Ryan
Matthew Storton
Jake Webster
Matty Wildie
Mikey Wood

I'd go for this:

Ryan
Grant
Oakes
Webster
DFJ
Milnes
Lilley
Crossley
Wildie
Kirk
Farrell
Minchella
Wood

Hallas
Peltier
Bustin
Storton

Not sure where to start with your post as you get it spot on then get it almost completely wrong.

Spot on about Murrell. He missed pre season which will have hurt him but there is a reason why he is always up there when it comes to voting for player of the year. Its the same reason the players in the league rate him so highly but some fans just don't get it with him for some reason.

Id agree about White and JWH, or at least I would have if I didnt see them totally out perform their London counterparts last week. JWH is very good but has had no luck with injuries and has great footwork that can undo any defence. White Im still unsure of and think we probably have better options but you never know.

Defence wise if you said that last season I would agree but our defence this season has been appalling and teams are coming straight through our middle which has never happened before under Marshall and it seems he is not sure how to fix it. It should be a really good game with a decent atmosphere.

Ryan
Grant
Oakes
Webster
DFJ
Milnes
Lilley
Crossley
Wildie
Kirk
Farrell
Storton
Minchella

Wood
Hallas
Peltier
Bustin

Another insane comeback - Lilley with the drop to put us 27-26 in front