another tough game, can we do it?
no wardle it would seem, so would it be a straight swap with connor coming in to centre or do we bring broughton in and move murphy to centre?
personally i would like to see murphy stay on the wing, our left side is depleted enough as it it without having all 3 of our left edge men missing.
both teams coming into the game of the back of losing runs, who will get back on the horse

I think this is the perfect game to get back on the horse!
The champions at our place is enough reason step up our game and revive our journey to the top 4.
I think the mentality after 2 losses will fire both teams up, but both teams are smart enough to play it safe!

I'm confident for this game, Saints have more injuries and the added pressure of trying to live up to being champions on a losing run.

I hope for a win with safe hands being the key. The only frustration being, why we couldn't hold on to the ball like that over easter.

I would personally stick with Murphy in the centre if Wardle is out. We should stick with a plan B should we get suspensions or injuries. I hope because of Murphy and Broughton's talent they both play in the case of missing outside backs.
Connor will have to wait until he can get the fullback spot back for me.

Let's rip into some champions!!!!!

We could win any game if our players could catch a rugby ball - unfortunately though it seems at the moment they can't, or aren't concentrating enough to do so, so unless it changes over this next week i can see another close defeat handed to the opposition on the back of our many mistakes....but on the other hand i can also see them realising that they need to up their game and go back to playing basic rugby league and not playing panic rugby from minute 1 to minute 80, thus enabling us to play a free flowing attacking game which is too much for the weakened champs !.

Joe Wardle gets a 1 game suspension so misses out on this one.

If we can complete sets and cut out the errors we have a great chance....

wardle banned so id expect muprhy to return to centre and broughton to get another crack

cox to come straight in off the bench to replace bailey

i would be tempted to keep murphy on the wing he seems to play better there, although he doesn't do alot wrong wherever he plays, although i'd have no problem with broughton playing

could be connor in the centres?, or, get this, maybe even move bruno back to centre? we have bailey and now cox who can cover in the back row, but then you'd lose bruno's workrate in the middle which could be vital against saints' pack.

We need Bruno where he is...we've plenty of other options without taking him away from his main role.

I'm ok with Murphy and Broughton.

If we switch murphy that means three players in new positions. That could turn out to be a turnstile!!! I'd leave smurph, put connor in the centre with lawrence at second row out to help him defensively. Taai /Bailey can do a job at loose.

Bruno to start. To play 80 if he can. Smurph out on the wing, bring Connor into centres. Start Taai at loose. 50 / 50 match. Can't wait.

Likely you guys are gonna be the first to see Walsh and Burns. Wilkin likely back for us as well.

Ferres and Wardle being out could help us cut out pens and errors seeing as these two are right up there in this area

going by the squad..i would go:

grix
murphy
connor
cudjoe
mcgilvary
brough
ellis
huby
robinson
kopczak
hughes
ta'ai
lawrence

bailey
cox
crabtree
wood

but i suspect it would be broughton in for wardle, and murphy in the centre?

I'd go with.

Grix
McGillvary
Cudjoe
Murphy
Broughton
Brough
Ellis
Crabtree
Wood
Huby
Lawrence
Ta'ai
Bailey

Mullally, Koppy, Cox, Robbo.

It will be interesting to see how Cox will be used but match fitness or not, he's going to need game time at some point and no better time than after Easter.