FWIW - Westwood is 100 percent not in the team

Sad really

Westwood shouldnt be in the 17. You dont pick players for a cup final based on sentiment.

So much will depend upon late fitness tests. In any other year I would have sounded a note of caution to say that you can't risk a player with an injury doubt as Wembley will find you out. This year you need to take the view that we are such underdogs that only our strongest team are in with a shout so you take some risks, even if we risk losing players for future games. There are two trophies still on offer and we're in the final for this so you give it your best shot. We can worry about the remaining games after Saturday.

If all are available then the biggest questions for me are;

Mamo to fullback / Ratchford to half?(a gamble but we need to do something)
Who starts at 13?

Good point. With injury concerns over so many backs, it would be a pretty big gamble to have four forwards on the bench.

My worry about Mamo at full back would be his vulnerability under the high ball. With the number of half fit players I don't think we can afford the luxury of a 10 minute player, Sita would miss out for me.

I would have Mamo in the 17 as cover.

Pretty much guarantee the Team will be:

1. Ratch

2. Lineham
3. Goodwin
4. T. King
5. Charnley

6. Austin
7. Patton

8. Hill
9. D. Clark
10. Cooper
11. Currie
12. Hughes/J. Clark
13. Murdoch-Massila

14. Davis
15. Philbin
16. Akualoa
17. Westwood/Tasi

We NEED Hughes to be fit in order to push BMM to the bench so J. Clark can start at 13. That then pushes Westwood and Tasi out of the 17.

It's a tricky one with Mamo. He does have a problem under the high ball. It seems to me to be more of a problem of reading the flight of the ball rather than not being able to catch.

If you play him on the bench then he's there more as a contingency in case of injury rather than as an interchange to spread the workload.

I'd rather have thewlis on the bench myself, however if it was mamo and we had to shuffle the backs I'd have Charnley at full back and mamo on the wing.

Gonna presume ratch Hughes and charnley are fit

Ratch

Lineman
Goodwin
King
Charnley

Austin / currie
Patton

Hill
Clarke
Cooper
Hughes
Currie / Clarke j
Sita

Bmm
Philbin
Clark j / davies
Westwood

No backs on bench as enough utility in the team to shuffle

Hughes and currie can play centre
Goodwin can play wing
Charnley or lineham can slot at fb
Davies and Clark j can play hooker

Charnley and Hughes fit...Austin wont make it. Halve options will be intresting. I think youll see Currie potentially named there with J. Clark starting, giving us an extra forward.

Other option is Harvey but heard he wont make the 17.

How much would I win for Dec as Lance Todd winner?

That's a big blow.

If Saints don't beat us they'll never win it again.

More chance of Westwood winning it.