Sitaleki Akauola & Harvey Livett both played for Rochdale at the weekend. I can see at least one or both will be in line for playing against Castleford.

Westwood is also in the fold. Harvey is more useful on the bench unless SP opts for Mamo...then you'd think Sita might get the nod.

You really need to ask why we are playing a centre out of position when we have several back rowers fit and ready to play.

Good point Moe. Thought we now had a more balanced squad to not need to play people out of position unless in the midst of an injury crisis.

Thought it was just a hoax aimed at gullible parents?

Oh wait.

Ok, I’ll see myself out!

i don't know that we do actually have many 2nd rowers , as opposed to backrower/middles.

Matt davis played at prop for rochdale i believe.

I'd class Hughes, Clark, bmm, Westwood, livett, sita, Davis, Currie and Luis Johnson as back rowers. Out of them only Currie is injured and Westwood has been banned. Yet we are playing a centre at second row and a prop(tasi)at loose forward.

According to the Club Team on the website we have:

11. Currie - 2nd Row
12. Hughes - 2nd Row
13. BMM - Loose
14. J. Clark - Utility Forward
20. Livett - Utility
23. Matt Davis - 2nd Row
25. L. Johnson - Back Row
30. Ellis Robson - Loose
34. Westwood - 2nd Row

I'd use common sense to guess what price sees the players with an actual named position i.e. 2nd row/loose is a player who is considered to play in that position only. A utility forward as a player who will play either prop/2nd row/loose and a 'backrow' as someone who would play only at 2nd row or loose.

Our out and out probs according to the website are:

8. Hill
10. Cooper
16. Tasi
17. Philbin
19. Akauola
26. Moran

If you ask me there is more than enough Depth in our Back row options as well as 4 props who would fill in in the back row. The problem is Price like King but doesn't want to drop Akins in his testimonial year and to be fair to ryan hasn't done much wrong so far. Price needs to decide who his centre is and drop the other in favour of some size.

Jason Clark & Westwood are both 13's now - in the modern day interpretation (i.e. 3rd prop)

Price seems to like bringing BMM off the bench, so at present T King is being preferred to Harvey Livett. Currie is injured, Davis, Robson & Johnson seemingly deemed not ready. Hughes takes the remaining 2nd row spot.

King had a good game vs Leeds so deserved to come back in vs Catalan, unless Price wants to start with BMM, its a shoot out between Livett & King for the 2nd row spot at present until Currie comes back.

Can I ask why Luis Johnson is considered nowhere near the first team? Genuine question as he was pretty ruddy good in his one and only appearance - in fact he was our MOM that day if memory serves and that was away at the current Champions.

he was and he should be in contention, i agree, but do you see him getting named in any squads? much like pat moran.

I'd have given johnson tasi's spot this year.

And how would an excellent, up and coming 2nd rower(who we paid a fee for!)feel when he sees other players moved from their normal position to fill in?

Luis Johnson is off to Widnes on a one month loan.

You can't get more 'nowhere near the first team' than on loan at widnes can you.

That was kinda ominous foreboding