Gelling unlucky to miss out.

Im not surprised that Wane has opted for Thornley because he does seem to favour him.

Logan ran Sam powell close for mom at widnes?
He hit a purple patch around that time imo.

Anyways, hes not meant to be a match winner/game breaker, hes there to do a solid job whilst MM has a breather.
I dont think MM can be expected to do 80 mins at Wembley, so i would prefer 15 minutes from a specialist hooker , rather than switch the whole team around

Could be a case of who has the better ball control tomorrow, doubt we will see expansive rugby. The weather forecast is for heavy rain from this evening until well after the game.

Crosby and Hughes will miss out but I'd leave Dudson and Logan Tomkins out.

That would give Hughes a bench spot he doesn't deserve on this seasons form but he's in the 19 so he'd be the only other option.

I'd have gone with that wildcard option of Hampshire on the bench.