To be fair they are missing Hoy, Vulikijapani, Shaul and Severs. Not sure where Savelio is.

Surely Hoy is the only one that would get in the 17.

I'd still back us to get a marginal win - Havard/Byrne/Smithies will have to do a lot of the legwork which they're very capable of. Hill and Mago will have to be used sparingly due to a lack of experience/lack of fitness respectively.

French
Miski King Wardle Marshall
Hampshire Smith
Byrne Powell Havard
KPP Farrell Smithies

Subs
Mago Hill Shorrocks O’Neill
After 30 minutes throw Shorrocks to 13 and move Smithies to prop.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Ian Thornley given a run in place of Wardle after that heavy knock he took playing for England.

He was dropped for performance related reasons then apparently injured his hand, hasn't been seen since. Looking increasingly likely he isn't someone TS rates so will be out the door.
As MadDogg said only really Hoy from the injury list who is a guaranteed starter although I'd have Vulikijapani in when fit.
Its Truemans first game back from ACL so not expecting the world from him.

Someone said he would be out on loan to Wakey. I’ve got to say he looked sharpe in the reserves fixture against wakey

Has Trueman played in the reserves?

That was the plan last weekend but Huddersfield decided to call off the game at the last minute with no explanation.

They have a first team squad of about 68 players, so they couldn’t be low on numbers.

This is one of the reasons why top level RL is considered a joke at times

Wigan scholarship game called off last week too as opposition couldnt field a side

IMO, academy and reserves should be mandatory for all top level clubs, and they treat them with the respect that they deserve, not keep cancelling them because they cant be d. Its one of my gripes at the minute. How can we as a game produce youngsters who are ready to step up to 1st team, when there isnt a pathway for them because some clubs cant be d about it

Absolutely agree with this, the reserve and academy competitions need to be a priority for super league teams, you could get players coming in to match day 17s without playing any game for weeks due to no reserve games, which will drive players away from RL if they're playing maybe one a month while not in the 1st team. I actually really enjoy watching reserve games more than the first team a lot of the time (being a Hull fan I'm sure you can understand why).

I agree with a lot of people on here and feel this is a game we could lose. Those 3 games in a row against Leigh, Saints and Warrington were so intense and we have started to lose a few through suspension and injury. We looked flat against Wakey and had a lot go again for England, just hope the Wakey game was the poor performance and we can kick on again and put a stamp on first place.

Thornley in for Marshall, not risking Hampshire (18th man)

Shame not to see Hampshire - on the positive side that's a huge backline which should eat up the metres.

Some bloody soft penalties so far