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Wolves will take on Bradford Bulls on Sunday afternoon 3pm in Round 18 of First Utility Super League at The Halliwell Jones Stadium. Head of coaching and rugby Tony Smith names his 19-man squad.

Wolves Squad

10 Roy Asotasi
4 Ryan Atkins
3 Chris Bridge
17 Ben Currie
22 Brad Dwyer
19 Anthony England
18 Rhys Evans
13 Simon Grix
15 Ben Harrison
9 Micky Higham
8 Chris Hill
33 George King
5 Joel Monaghan
20 Gareth O’Brien
29 Gene Ormsby
6 Stefan Ratchford
21 Glenn Riley
1 Matthew Russell
12 Ben Westwood

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Still a very good side to be picked from that lot, despite our injury list.

I'd go with .................

But my 1 reservation is why is GOB in the squad ? Does either Bridgey or Ratch have an injury or do they need a rest?

Matthew Russell
Gene Ormsby
Ryan Atkins
Joel Monaghan
Rhys Evans
Stefan Ratchford
Chris Bridge
Chris Hill
Micky Higham
Anthony England
Ben Westwood
Ben Harrison
Simon Grix

Roy Asotasi
Ben Currie
Brad Dwyer
Glenn Riley

George King
Gareth O’Brien

Swap George King for Glenn Riley. Riley can't catch a cold never mind a ball.

Perhaps GOB is in the squad with a bench spot in mind, so Ratch can have a spell at loose forward at some point, given the injury problems in the pack?

According to twitter, King is making his first team debut on Sunday. Maybe England hasn't made it, or Riley has been dropped?

I hope it's the latter. I don't want to have a pop at a youngster but Riley was a real liability against Salford, not just with his handling. He has the physique but he needs to take a look at Ben Evans and realise size on it's own doesn't make you a good forward.

He was very poor in the middle of the 2nd half.
2 knock ons with the line broken and something else that I can't bring to mind just after. Perhaps a penalty? ?

shortly after his knock ons, the Salford players were running rings around him at the play the ball to which the crowd got a bit nasty towards him, he was making Paul Rauhihi look fast. Tony Smith brought him off instantly after this, so i would assume King is in for Riley.

Matthew Russell
Gene Ormsby
Ryan Atkins
Joel Monaghan
Rhys Evans
Gareth O’Brien
Chris Bridge
Chris Hill
Micky Higham
Ben Westwood
Ben Harrison
Simon Grix
Stefan Ratchford

Anthony England
Ben Currie
Brad Dwyer
George King

Miss out

Glenn Riley
Roy Asotasi

Why move Ratch out of the haves where he has been great? Are you putting him in the forwards so RA can be left out? Moving Ratch to 13 opens him up to a battering from their forwards, we need him fit for the upcoming games which will dictate our season.

In fact should we rest Ratch and put GOB in with Bridgey? Ratch along with Hilly, Super Ben & Chris Bridge are players who if we lost to long term injury at this juncture would be catastrophic for our prospects.

Matthew Russell
Gene Ormsby
Ryan Atkins
Joel Monaghan
Rhys Evans
Stefan Ratchford
Chris Bridge
Chris Hill
Micky Higham
Ben Harrison
Ben Westwood
Ben Currie
Simon Grix

Roy Asotasi
Anthony England
George King
Gareth O'Brien

Grix interchanging with Higham at hooker and Ratch with GOB at loose.

Lol
Warrington are 1/66 to beat Bradford.

No Hill or Bridge today I'm told.

Bridge not playing , Ratch and O'Brien in halves, Bradford + 30 might be worth a look !!