Briggs and Addy not in the squad:

The Squad in full is: Ah Van, Burgess, Crookes, Diskin, Donaldson, Elima, Jeffries, Herbert, Kearney, Kopczak, Langley, L'Estrange, Lynch, Olbison, Platt, Raynor, Royston, Sibbit, Whitehead.

Its 2.00 pm Friday so here we are,

Brett Kearney, Ian Sibbit and Gareth Raynor are all included to in Mick Potter's 19 man Squad to take on St helens at Odsal on Sunday..
Kearney has not played since breaking his hand against Leeds on April 21st, whislt Raynor has now completed his suspension and Sibbit has recovered from the back injury that kept him out of the Harlequins game.
They replace Bryn Hargreaves, Danny Addy and Kyle Briggs in the Squad
The Squad in full is: Ah Van, Burgess, Crookes, Diskin, Donaldson, Elima, Jeffries, Herbert, Kearney, Kopczak, Langley, L'Estrange, Lynch, Olbison, Platt, Raynor, Royston, Sibbit, Whitehead.

Let the comments begin!!!

Kearney and Raynor in is a great positive. Sibbit in for addy i dont agree with at all. Sibbit = penalty machine. Yet again herbert ahead of briggs yet herbert has shown nothing to keep young briggs out. Confused.

Royston
Raynor
Platt
Ah Van
Crookes
Jefferies
Kearney
Lynch
Lestrange
Kopzack
Whitehead
Elima
Langley

Bench: Burgess, Diskin, Olbison, Donaldson

Sibbit? no thanks.
Herbert? dont make me laugh

one thing in herberts favour is he does a lot in defense which is briggs' weakness. given addys exclusion wonder if were going to see herbert tried at loose?.

I wouldnt be saying Sibbit no thank - before getting injured, he happened to be (although it pains me to say it) one of our best players.

And with regards to herbert, still up near the top of the list for try assists although being injured for a while and statistically still our best Half !!!

Crookes & Donno to miss out IMO

if we've only 3 props the workload still has to be done, and Sibbits tackle rate is higher than Addys as is his missed tackle %, carries/game and metres/carry very similar, so opting for defence over ball skills. Crookes and Donaldson look likely to be dropped

I hope Herbert isn't in the halves. We just seem a lot less creative when he plays and his stats may be better but I think stats only ever tell half a tale. He throws passes that just aren't on and when he plays we seem to make hard work of converting when close to the opposition's try line. Hope Royston stays at FB too because for how he's been playing he shouldn't have to accommodate IMO. If we are wanting to play Herbert in a creative loose role 'Sinfield-esq' I would prefer to try Briggs who has a far better kicking game and seems more vocal than Herbert to me

Think Sibbit will be in because he was playing well before being injured but also for the extra bulk given we're a prop down. Disappointed for Addy, I'd have had him instead of Donaldson as he gives more options. Maybe he's not fully fit, I missed last week - how did he go at Quins?

Herbert is better in defence, all briggs has on herbert is speed..........

and IMO neither of them have a right good kicking game, fed up of watching them BOTH kick the ball down the oppositions throat

and all that being said i would much rather have a defensive player agaisnt a team like st.helens !!!

What's the obsession with playing Herbert at loose?

Cos his defence is reet good apparently, and he's propa bo ah tells thee.

It's a strange one that