and the Ref is.....



Who

This is a conspiracy by the RFL, he is only from bloody WAKEFIELD

No, Hewer is from Cumbria - Whitehaven IIRC.

One of the best NL refs and probably as good as most - or all - SL whistlers IMHO.
If I recall it correct he would have been full time but has a good career.

Quote: JudgeB "No, Hewer is from Cumbria - Whitehaven IIRC. One of the best NL refs and probably as good as most - or all - SL whistlers IMHO. If I recall it correct he would have been full time but has a good career.'" look at botton of report ie ref. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 152448.stm

Quote: JudgeB "No, Hewer is from Cumbria - Whitehaven IIRC. One of the best NL refs and probably as good as most - or all - SL whistlers IMHO. If I recall it correct he would have been full time but has a good career.'" look at botton of report ie ref. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 152448.stm

We owe Catalans from last season, turned us over 3 times last year. They appear to be hitting a bit of form. Some of there backs begining to look good, partiqularly like the French lad in the centre. He looks a real handfull. I think a steady uncomplicated game plan will see us through to a victory and cement our position in the top four. Would go with Raleigh for Aspinwall or Lunt if recovered from injury.

loved the way that griff introduced jason ryles to super league tackling , wonder if ryles will try and return the lesson

It's another tough game this one, Catalans will be upbeat after beating Quins, but they don't travel well this term, then again we're better away than at home.

Having said that the last 2 home games have been very encouraging, and I am feeling confident that if we keep our feet on the ground we will beat them, if results go our way we could mathematically have qualified for the playoff's come the end of next Friday with Quins still to play Wire

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Lets hope in-form Griffin signs a contract extension with the Giants.

Huddersfield Giants squad

B. Hodgson, Aspinwall, Brown, D. Hodgson, Fulton, Robinson, Crabtree, Faiumu, D. Griffin, Wild, Finnigan, P. Jackson, Mason, Kirmond, Lawrence, Moore, Cudjoe, Lunt, Sculthorpe.


Catalans Dragons squad

Baile, Bell, Bird, Bosc, Carlaw, Casty, Duport, Elima, Fakir, Ferriol, Gossard, Greenshields, Guisset, McGuire, Mounis, Pelo, Perry, Ryles, Stacul.

Huddersfield Giants second rower Danny Kirmond is back in contention again after seven weeks out with a fractured cheekbone.

Catalans Dragons could be boosted by the return of Jerome Guisset, Adam Mogg and Jason Croker from injury.

I think Aspinwall and maybe Lunt or scully to miss out? Great to Danny back.

Hodgson
hodgson
Brown
Lawrence
cudjoe

Robinson
Fulton

Jacko
Moore
Mason
Eorl
Finnigan
Wild


Griffin Sculthorpe faiumu kirmond

Aspy and Lunt to miss out.

the other options would be wild to centre, Brown to so and fulton to loose. That way we can deal with their centres

[iBROWN WARY OF CATALANS THREAT

This Sunday the Catalans Dragons cross the channel to take on the Huddersfield Giants at the Galpharm Stadium (3.00pm). Giantsrl.com caught up with Head Coach Nathan Brown who recognises the strength of the French team.

“They are pretty strong all across the park. Their full back is a good player and they have some good centres, some good halves and a huge pack. I know they had injury concerns earlier in the year, but as a whole, when they have most of their good players on the field they play well and they have most of them back now, including Greg Bird who is near enough one of the best players in the competition.”

“They are going to be a hard side to beat and for everyone who meets them the more those better players play together, the better the Catalans will get and the harder they’ll be to beat.”

Brown believes the next two league games will help the team in their preparation for the business end of the season, including the eagerly anticipated Challenge Cup Semi Final clash against St Helens.

“The best thing we can do is prepare well and hopefully build some momentum over the next few weeks and keep improving our game so that when we do face St Helens we have prepared well and we are ready to play. All we can control between now and then is how we play against Catalans and Hull and, that’s the most important thing for us.”
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Nathan's comments ahead of the game, the battle of who will come out on top will be won or lost in the forwards.

From that statement, maybe Lunt will loose out to Danny Sculthorpe.

Possibly, but we have a formidable forward line up with Mason, Griff, Jackson and Eorl, he may go for some extra brute force with Sculthorpe, which would not surprise me.

I'd be tempted to start Mason, Griff and Sculthorpe and bring on Jackson and Eorl after 20 mins for the impact it gives us.