Jeez, is Kopout soooo frightened to return they have to go to those lengths.......

never mind Im sure he will play against you in the playoffs......oh wait.....

Well I'd go with:

Naughton (GK)
Wood
Platt
Lulia
Kear
Sammut (GK)
Gale (GK)
Langley (C)
O'Brien
Manuokafoa
Olbison
Addy
Donaldson

Conroy
Mellor
Evans
Walker

I'd give Foster and Diskin a 'break' I'd like to see Kear play all 27 League games hence why I have kept him in. Also this line up allows all 4 teenages (Naughton, Conroy, Wood and Mellor) the oppertunity to get a game and 2 debuts for Naughton/Conroy. Also it allows Platt, Lulia and Langley to have a farewell appearance in front of their home crowd.....as it stands none have been re-signed and Lulia is off anyway.

Do the RFL still sanction teams for fielding a heavily weakened squad? Unless these players are all in their first team squad?

Only the bottom 3 aren't in the 'squad' - Aspinall, Leeming, Johnson, Blackmore have played once and Dawson twice.
Mason, Miller, Connor, Blagbrough, Simpson and Pick haven't featured for the 1st team yet.

think this will be the giants line up on saturday.


connor

blackmore
george
simpson
dawson

wood
miller

faiumu
mullally
taai
lawrence
fairbank
cording

bench-
johnson
mason
leeming
aspinall

Jared Simpson......didn't he play for our scholarship last year?

I remember the incident about 10 years ago when Saints claimed 12 first teamers were injured for their game against us, but all were fit for the CC Final the week after. They were fined £25K for conduct prejudicial to the game, but I can't remember whether or not they successfully appealed it?

Didn't they also get away with doing similar v. Catalans in 2006?

FA - that's why the RFL brought in the squad announcement thing isn't it ? I think as long as you let them know you're doing it clubs should be fine....I'm presuming we have informed the relevant folk we are doing this but going by other incidents this year......

It is due to an agreement between the two clubs as you are struggling for cash and need to sell Season tickets we are giving you a good chance to win so that you can finish the season on a high and hopefully it will encourage some season ticket sales

Durham Giant you are running the risk of turning into a right smug git

where have you been recently, normally all over our board talking rubbish... and bullforchamps2010 too

been abit quiet lately

I am trying to encourage your fans to turn up to probably see you win and this is all the thanks i get