Lo and behold our Mr Duckworth has appeared from the Wilderness. Ita a sure sign from the gods that something is imminent

I know Bishay scored a hat trick for Skolars on Sunday (as did Woodburn-Hall I think).

I've not seen Atkins but by the accounts of those who have, he won't be much missed.

Bishay? Face seems not to be fitting. Think he's regretting turning down the chance to play in Sydney. Major cock-up by TR if we now lose him.

James Woodburn Hall was very good for the Skolars. Great footwork. He deserves his chance.

Bishay was close to man of the match on Sunday and TR was there to see the game. He is far from the finished article, but I feel he needs the step up now.

Still if he plays for us again on Friday at least it will rile Troy

My attempt at picking a 17 would be:

Mataitonga,
Solomona,
Caton-Brown,
Minns,
Duckworth,

Drinkwater,
Farrer,

Slyney,
Moore,
Krasniqi,
Vea,
McMeekan,
Cook

Wallace,
Cunningham,
Foster,
Greenwood

Bishay was outstanding as was Woodburn Hall.
Also heard 3 skolars players were/are training with Broncos now.

Both JWH and Bishay will be needed in the Championship so hopefully TR isn't alienating anyone.

On the squad, it seems we will once again be exposing Farrar and Minns on the right edge and MCB on the left. These fellas are dropping off tackles at an alarming rate. TR seems not to have the answers.

I think Drinkwater is finally moving through gears but I'm hoping Farrar and Mataitonga can finally start showing some value at second receiver. Otherwise it's JWH or Cunningham at 6 for me.

Duckworth to score a hatrick and show us what we've been missing

It's always been the same with Rea, if your face doesn't fit then it doesn't matter what you do. Go back and look at the players he's binned over the years. A week after winning MofM for us Bishay was dropped and hasn't been seen since. Meanwhile, Drinkwater's been poor and Farrar non-existant.

Ref's Leatherbarrow, with Stokes on Monday. Enjoy!