Asiata will be a miss but I don't he played against them away and they almost resulted in a win, then again that was a week after they'd taken apart Saints in the Cup.

This is the fixture, a win gives us a bit of breathing room, we are in a better place now than we were when we first played them but then again so are they, should hopefully be quite the spectacle, in a good way.

We should have beaten them actually. There was a knock on by ashton resulting in the final try.

I'd imagine Mulhern and Moylan in for Asiata and Hardaker in the only changes to the 17 from the London game, if they are fit.

Much bigger test than any other game in this run of good form. But if we can't beat the top 3 sides, then there's little point in being in the play offs in the first place.

Hardaker been in his best form of the year this last few weeks he plays for me Josh back too after rest

Would you keep Hardaker at full back ahead of Moylan?

Can see it would be a more "solid" selection, with hardaker being a bit better under a high ball and much better defending breaks. But Moylan would offer much more attacking threat, which might be needed with Asiata missing.

Hardaker centre Hanley wimg Moylan Ob alternating

So we approach squeaky bum time. One point off the play-offs with four to play (three on home soil - eyebrow raisers all three - the third only as people at the top seem to sympathise with Big Mary Ellen Wellens from Helens!).

Here we go - it’s effectively five into threeSALFORD

Aug 30 - Hull KR (Away)
Sep 7 - Catalans (Home)
Sep 14 - Hull FC (Away)
Sep 20 - Wigan (Away)


STAINS

Sep 1 - Huddsfld (Away)
Sep 6 - Wolves (Away)
Sep 13 - Castlfrd (Home)
Sep 20 - LEIGH (AWAY)


CATALANS

Aug 31 - Wigan (Home)
Sep 7 - Salford (Away)
Sep 14 - London (Home)
Sep 20 - Hull FC (Away)


THE MIGHTY LEYTH

Aug 30 - Wolves (Home)
Sep 6 - Castlfrd (Away)
Sep 13 - Hull KR (Home)
Sep 20 - Stains (Home)


LEEDS


Sep 1 - London (Away)
Sep 6 - Hull FC (Home)
Sep 13 - Wigan (Away)
Sep 20 - Hull KR (Away)


First up - Leigh NEED to at least reverse the scoreline from April. COYL!
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That would be my least favourite option to be honest. Hardaker's form has been much better when not playing centre, as have our results.

Hardaker fullback, O’Brien stand off, Moylan watching in the stand.

Well it was competitive, would have been good to see 13-aside, couldn't tell want Vaughn actually did but reffing team's call.

We seemed to be determined to throw that away, equal shades excellent and rubbish defence which might have been excusable if we'd made the man difference count and been more composed in attack.

Not to take away from Wire's defence.

Or attack.

That's two points I didn't expect.

Break point to use a tennis term, must make it stick at Cas.

Halton continues to impress, as does Trout/

To be fair I didn’t see the direct contact to the head originally. I thought it was the forearm to the face on the floor. We seemed to panic at times. Two miss timed passes and another ball thrown out when we have a full set right on there line, all by Moylan, however he made up for it with that tackle in the corner. I thought we had blown it when they broke down field direct from the scrum. We prevailed and I think we must give credit to Wire, just bad unforced errors at crucial times. Wire of two seasons ago would have folded after the send off, but fair play they played their hearts out. We need to win at CAS or this result was for nothing.

higher intense game than we have had this year but form similar.is it just that we are missing top form asiata to be more clinical last 20
top performers in pack we have big holes to fill. did we miss dwyer
glad to have moylan back would prefer him so but is he better than ob under high ball now
would you give ricky 2 years if new giants coach dont rate him alongside new boy hanley back on wing evergreen josh add armstrong looks strong. can we find another ashton in champ is he quickest in league atm
all to play for now willl stains be crucial good stuff

Just needed a bit more composure in the first half, Moylan being the main culprit, and we would have been out of sight by half time. Sadly, we forced a play on tackle zero on their line, dropped the ball, then two minutes later it's 6-6.

Awful comments from Burgess after the game. He should come out and say who he's accusing of telling Trout to stay down. It's truly odd that we have a scenario where a tackler hits the ball carrier in the head. The referee misses it, and it's the person that's been hit on the head that comes under the most scrutiny.

Yes, what he said is now repeated as some kind of cast iron fact.

Have we got another ex-player turned coach who's going get his knickers in a twist because they lost to Leigh?