The injury to Rhys Evans is a blow and obviously he was 100% when the months loan for Riles was agreed. I'm sure I heard that there is an agreement between all the clubs concerned and Red Hall that there would be a limit on the amount of players used from any one club. We might have 9 selected for the two squads but I wouldn't expect any more than 5 would actually play. Either way some of our players involved at Headingley will feature against Salford.

Worst case scenario (i.e. Higham two match ban, McCarthy and Mitchell not available, I'll go with Louis not getting into Exiles), but assuming no more injuries, I can barely get a team together....

Hellewell
Williams
Grix
Blythe
Shaw
Clarke
Briers
Cooper
??????
Wood
Anderson
Solomona
Laithwaite

Bench - 4 x academy players

Battered!!

I think majority will back up except Morley and Hodgson so

Helliwell/Bridge
Williams
Atkins
Bridge/Blythe
King
Briers
Myler
Carvell
Monaghan
Wood
Westwood
Anderson
Grix

Clarke
Cooper
Blythe/Laithwaite
Solomona

All I can say is ISWT. Doesn't look good on the face of it but I bet Tony's not worried.

I'm sure he'll see it as an opportunity. And part of the squad's learning.

This game should be played at the start or end of season if at all. With so many players from our club, and competitive nature of this game, i
really fear for the well being of our players and feel it's entertainment at our expense. They should at least limit the number of england players
to 3 like the exiles.This game would have been great during the era of wigan or saints' dominance but not now. I really don't care for the result,
just that all our players remain fit.

That looks worrying if this was the real squad we had going out.

I can't see Myler playing for England either, Clarke to 9 Richie to 7.

I would expect Atkins, Myler and Carvell to not play in the Exiles game

Mick Monas at interchange hooker for the exiles should be fine to back up, Louis not selected, Carvell and Atkins not to play.
Morley + Hodgson rested for Salford, Westwood and King to back up.

Exiles game should either be a midweek game (as are the SOO games) or it should have been played last Friday with all the weekend SL games being played on Bank Holiday Monday. The Exiles game is likely to be far more intense than a game against France or Wales and to then expect a team to then have to double up 5, 6 or 7 players, especially against a team unaffected is ridiculous.

The timing of this game is stupid really for teams really contending for top and play offs,

Not really took a liking to this game being played,

just hope the game is a cracker and worth it!

Really?

This.

Though no great surprise that the current top 5 sides are the most heavily affected.

Yeah its shame on out hopes if nearly all our bet players are out/or not fit.

We have never won super league and for me its No.1 especially with TS is charge and the squad being as good as we are at the minute.

We have done really well getting where we are,im not taking anything for granted though.