On a day where they also had an extremely weakened side.

Without both Cooper and Philbin, expect Mulhern to start with both Akauola and Doro on the bench.

4 to miss out
Ashton, Inman, Whitehead, Wrench ..... maybe.....

The 17 for tomorrow will be.....

Ashton
Thewlis
Wrench
King
Charnley
Williams
Widdop
Mulhern
Davies
Sita
Currie
Austin
Hughes

J Clark
Doro
Ratchford
Longstaff

Make of this what you will.

Bizzarre if that's the actual team.

I think we have to expect the unexpected. I'm sure we are never told what knocks players are carrying. In addition most of us don't know how capable the youngsters are. Those who favour "pick your best team to build momentum" vs. "the cotton wool brigade" will be able to have their usual bit of banter and blame Price if we lose or pick up an injury.

Well clearly Price has decided to rest up some players and if we lose its not really that important. I think that is a fair decision and I am pleased that the youngsters will get another game under the belt. I suspect Ratchford might be on the bench in the hope that he doesn't have to play. That could be in the hope we are winning or more likely in case of an injury. I guess Hughes will almost certainly be playing down the middle as a prop as we are obviously pretty light there.

An intriguing game although I suspect a few of the walk up supporters might give this one a miss.

Yep ... I'm looking forward to seeing the youngsters given a chance.

That will be interesting to see although I'm not sure why you'd play a winger at full back when you have a better full back on the wing.

Quick question:

First game in two years for me - can you still pay at the gate in cash or do you need to buy from the ticket desk beforehand? Or do they accept contactless at the gate these days?

Thanks!

Good point.

Agree with you, but I wasn't posting my opinion on the squad. I was just saying what the squad would be, baring the late change to Sita's warm up injury.