www.warringtonwolves.org/wolves- ... obins-5055 Wolves Squad 4 Ryan Atkins 18 Matty Blythe 3 Chris Bridge 6 Lee Briers 10 Garreth Carvell 17 Mike Cooper 14 Mickey Higham 20 Chris Hill 1 Brett Hodgson 21 Tyrone McCarthy 5 Joel Monaghan 9 Michael Monaghan 8 Adrian Morley 7 Richie Myler 19 Stefan Ratchford 2 Chris Riley 11 Trent Waterhouse 12 Ben Westwood 16 Paul Wood

www.warringtonwolves.org/wolves- ... obins-5055 Wolves Squad 4 Ryan Atkins 18 Matty Blythe 3 Chris Bridge 6 Lee Briers 10 Garreth Carvell 17 Mike Cooper 14 Mickey Higham 20 Chris Hill 1 Brett Hodgson 21 Tyrone McCarthy 5 Joel Monaghan 9 Michael Monaghan 8 Adrian Morley 7 Richie Myler 19 Stefan Ratchford 2 Chris Riley 11 Trent Waterhouse 12 Ben Westwood 16 Paul Wood

looks like

hodgson

riley
atkins
bridge
monas

briers
ratch

moz
monas
carv
westwood
waterhouse
cooper

wood
hill
blythe
myler

I simply cannot understand anyone wanting to put Myler on the bench, or leave him out entirely. Have a look at his involvement in the tries last week.

agree with you 100% mate

spot on , i think a lot of people are thinking he may spell monas at 9 for me is defense aint good
enough for 9 , also you cant put this much attacking talent on the bench . ratchford on the bench

ratch

riley
atkins
bridge
monas

briers
myler

moz
monas
carv
westwood
waterhouse
cooper

wood
hill
blythe
Hodgson

i didnt like putting myler on the bench but imagine a fresh myler against a tired team

weakened KR squad

1- Shannon McDonnell

2- Craig Hall

25- Keal Carlile

8- Joel Clinton

14- Lincoln Withers

4- Jake Webster

15- Liam Watts

22- Scott Wheeldon

10- Scott Taylor

13- Rhys Lovegrove

9- Josh Hodgson

23- Mickey Paea

18- Graeme Horne

28- Dave Petersen

11- Con Mika

16- Jason Netherton

20- Jordan Cox

3- Kris Welham

21- Sam Latus

tyrone & matty blythe to miss out higham will be bench for me i know its early in the season but dont want to burn monas out the guy had 3 pre season ops some big tough games on the horizon utilize the squad and lets have a fresh monas to face leeds & wigan
probaly

I'd actually go slightly the other way on Monas, not that I'd want to run him into the ground but he looks to me at the minute somebody who needs gametime, like the lack of pre-season perhaps has left him slightly rusty. I think he's the type who plays himself into form and fitness and just needs some continuity.

He'll be 'fresher' than most having not done most of the pre-season slog others did.

hodgson

monas
ratchford
atkins
riley

briers
myler

morley
monas
carvell
westwood
waterhouse
bridge

wood
hill
cooper
higham

Hodgson
Monaghan
Bridge
Atkins
Riley
Briers
Myler
Morley
Monaghan
Carvell
Waterhouse
Westwood
Ratchford

Higham
Wood
Cooper
Hill/Blythe

Ratchford

Monaghan
Bridge
Atkins
Riley

Briers
Myler

Morley
Monas
Carvell
Waterhouse
Westwood
Cooper

Hodgson
Higham
Wood
Hill

1 Brett Hodgson
2 Chris Riley
4 Ryan Atkins
3 Chris Bridge
5 Joel Monaghan
6 Lee Briers
7 Richie Myler
8 Adrian Morley
14 Mickey Higham
10 Garreth Carvell
11 Trent Waterhouse
12 Ben Westwood
17 Mike Cooper

9 Michael Monaghan
16 Paul Wood
20 Chris Hill
18 Matty Blythe

To miss out:
Tyrone McCarthy & Stefan Ratchford

Monas M has played the full 80 or very near to it in each of our 3 games so time to give him a rest.

Think last week I totally overestimated Saints to the point I gave them a 12pt win before the match due to our injuries. Losing at least two more players from last weeks 17 and none returning to action any time soon I have to wonder just how deep we can dig in to our squad to have a realistic chance of staying within touching distance of you top clubs.

Without experienced half backs and experimenting with different options in those positions we should be easily defendable but then I guess the unknown is harder to defend against which is possibly why we scored 36 points against Saints (or they just have shocking defence!).

We have however been pretty lucky within our strongest area - our pack - it is clearly one of the biggest in the league and has been the biggest reason we've kept in the three games this season. Paea and Mika have really slotted in to the English game like a hand to a glove, Joel Clinton is back to his devastating best and would grace any SL front row on this seasons form. One major worry though is last week both our hookers got injuries with Hodgson going off down the tunnel on crutches. If one or both fail to make tomorrows game then I can see nothing other than Carlisle playing the full 80, something he hasn't done for a number of years and especially not since his heart operation.

Our season so far in my opinion is that we were unlucky against Leeds where we gave away 12 penalties and had a massive decision go against us that Cummings has openly admitted was a wrong decision to award a try to Leeds and really did deflate our team that had worked so hard to get in front.

Then we went to Wakefield where we again picked up injuries, this time to Dobson which left us shuffling our players left, right and centre to try and come up with a way of winning that game. We did very well as again we were penalised 13 times and endured nearly double the amount of tackles on our own line and still kept them scoreless for almost 60 minutes.

Saints were next where we let in three early tries to go 14-0 down, the side got their heads down and scored 3 unanswered tries of their own taking it to 18-14. Withers gave away one of only two penalties and that one was for swearing at the official due to him being held down by Saints. The only other penalty came when it was 36-34 to Rovers in the 82nd minute of the game (yes 82nd!!) and as ever it was a Saints breakaway down from their own try line, a covering tackle made and the hooter clearly should have gone (clock had been stopped on 1.36 for around 2-3 minutes) before that tackle, the next covering tackle was a very high grab by Micky Paea which Jamie Foster kicked to level up the pretty even points fest game!

One thing is for certain, no Rovers player is going to want to be named captain for the rest of this season, every single one of them that leads the team out gets injured in that game!!

Shall see you all for some good entertaining rugby I hope and fingers crossed we can muscle up in defence and keep this one within 18pts.