It had to be re-scheduled so the wendyball softies would have a pristine pitch so that the Geordies wouldn't be able to blame the pitch for spoiling their perms and suntans.

Cudjoe isn't playing

Correct

Well One thing for stoney he doesn't appear to be encouraging players to go out without being 100 percent

fair enough give up on picking a team

Going to be a very youngish and inexperienced team tonight, lets hope the young guns can put up a good show similar to the one back in 2009 at St Helens when we fielded a very weakened team the week before challenge cup final, great effort that night losing by only 12-10 and losing Danny Kirmond with a serious injury in the first half

Gaskell
McIntoish
Wood
Mellor
Ormsby
Brough
Brierley
Rapira
Leeming
Ikahihifo
Roberts
Smith
Hinchliffe

Clough
Dickinson
Wakeman
M.Wood

Dickinson and Wood to be used as back row unless Seb goes to back Row with Dickinson to prop

Any ideas on whats happened to Mason? Thought he would be a shoe in. Will be listening to this on Radio Propaganda as can't make it, dreading it already.

Apparently Mason started and Gaskell didn't play. What the hell is going on. You surely cannot have so many players injured at once. Something is not right and if we are so depleted then why not recall O Brien from Halifax.

We did warn you about Gaskell, has a dodgy hamstring.

Just heard about Gaskell, I hope he is ok.