Halley
Crookes
t' Beaver
Nero
Reardon
Kearney
Mr OX
Lynch
L'estrange
Scruton
Worrincy
Hall
Langley

Godwin
Donaldson
Whitehead
Sykes

Make Sykes prop for a bit and then that might inspire him to play consistently well.

halley
sheriffe
sykes
nero
reardon
kearney
orford
scruton
l estrange
lynch
menzies
langley
donaldson
subs
whitehead
godwin
hall
crookes

5 subs?

I can't see Macca dropping Sykes or Sheriffe until they are doing terribly or make an extreme f/uck up. I really think Crookes deserves a shot, but with Sykes kicking (for now anyway) can't see it happening yet.

Precisely why I didn't put him in. I'd love to see it, but I think Sheriffe and Sykes are pretty much guaranteed to be in there until necessity says otherwise (whether that be injury or poor form).

Halley

Sheriffe
Crookes
Nero
Reardon

Kearney
Orford

Hall
L'Estrange
Lynch

Menzies
Langley

Donaldson

Subs:
Worrincy
Godwin
Scruton
Whitehead

I'd put crookes at centre but McNamara will play sykes.

I would expect to see the following 17:

Halley
Sheriffe
Sykes
Nero
Reardon
Kearney
Orford
Lynch
L'Estrange
Scruton
Hall
Langley
Menzies
SUBS
Godwin
Worrincy
2 of Whitehead/Donaldson/Crossley

With Crookes also named in the 19 but not playing.

The only thing to me that might change that is Reardon not quite getting back from the dead leg, in which case Crookes will come into the starting lineup.

I think we can expect to see Hall and maybe Worrincy playing a bit of time in the front row though.

It may well show whether the coaching staff think Crossley is going to make it or not.

If they don't put him in when Kopczak & Scully are both out, it seems to me that there are no plans for him to make the first team except for massive injury crisis, and he clearly won't be staying after this year.

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I know it's unlikely, but none of us have considered that Kopzcak's injury could be totally non-serious and could be back for Hudds, highly unlikely but would certainly be a boost.

Who?

From the Bullseye

[iWHAT'S THE NEWS ON THE SQUAD?[/i

[iWell we came through the Hull KR game relatively unscathed. We had a major scare with Craig Kopczak, who we thought had broken his leg but that proved unfounded and Stuart Reardon who suffered a Dead Leg but he has looked after himself really well.[/i



Anybody thinking Koppy might play?

I'd be surprised if Koppy played but there's a possibility. AFAIK there's been no news of what his injury actually is.

I suspect if he's just got a nasty bruise the prop forward union may have to take him to task for being stretchered off!

If he's fit, then I should think & hope so. Otherwise, I wouldn't like to see him rushed back at the risk of further injury.