Team for Monday

Bowen
Manfredi
Goulding
Sarginson
Burgess
Green
Smith
Taylor
Williams
James
Clubb
Hughes
Crosby

Gelling (back row)
C. Farrell
Dudson
Powell

I'd rest McIlroum, Faz, Lockers and Bateman, bring them back in the cup game.

Think that side could still get the job done against Bradford but the cup is more important.

I would expect Powell, Hampshire, Dudson, Hughes, Crosby, Gelling and maybe Connor Farrell to play on Monday.

Monday looks like an opportunity to hand a few chances out but we don't want to go too far because Bradford have an upset in them imo.

I'd look to rest Bowen, Burgess and Lockers on top of the lads that look likely to miss out through injury and go-

Hampshire
Manfredi
Goulding
Gelling
Sarginson
Green
Smith
Clubb
McIlorum
Crosby
Hughes
Farrell
Bateman

subs
Dudson
Taylor
C Farrell
Williams

Taylor deserves a rest, then maybe Clubb next week

FB 32 Hampshire
RW 23 Sarginson (would have preffered Manfredi to get a run though)
RC 3 Goulding (would have rested him and played Sarginson here if Manfredi had been in the 19)
LC 5 Gelling
LW 32 Burgess
SO 19 Powell
SH 7 Smith
P 24 Clubb
H 9 McIlorum (get him off for Williams if/when we get 20 in front)
P 16 Dudson
SR 14 Hughes
SR 12 L.Farrell
LF 25 Bateman

S 27 Williams
S 28 James
S 36 C.Farrell
S 37 Sutton

Edit: forgot L.Farrell had a week off v London

Bowen
Sarginson
Gelling
Bateman
Burgess
Powell
Smith
Flower
McLlorum
Dudson
Farrell (had a rest Vs London)
Hughes
O'Loughlin

Taylor
Clubb
C Farrell
Hampshire (On at HB and push Smith/Powell to 9)

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Hampshire at 1 then, Taylor to start and Sutton and Williams on the bench.

Seems that Murphy is doing well at championship level but it is strange to see Tierney at stand off. It will be useful to see Gelling get a run out.

Maybe Tierney is trying to shape a career for himself at halfback which is something his dad could not do (Jason Robinson), Wigan signed Jason from Hunslet Hawkes as an halfback and he ripped teams to pieces at A team level.
When Jason got into the first team it was at halfback and he was such an unstructured player he just did not fit in there, that is when he moved to the wing.

One interesting thing I found in looking this up is that Wigan where not Jasons only professional club ,I always thought he came straight from Hunslet Parkside a junior club) but it seems that he signed for Hunslet Hawkes on a semi professional basis. I think I will be advised on the validity of that by other posters if I am wrong.

Well I read his book and I don't remember reading anything like that. From memory it was Wigan's Yorkshire scout who found him and certainly he was only a young kid when he came to us.

Taken from Wiki ?.

"born 30 July 1974 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Robinson began playing rugby as a child at the Hunslet Boys Club and then Hunslet Parkside before starting his rugby league career in 1991 at semi-professional side Hunslet Hawks"

I am like you SW, I always thought that he came from Hunslet Park Side but when I read the bit from Wiki I put it up on here knowing that it would be questioned.

Therein lies the problem with Wikipedia. Anyone can put anything on it whether true or not and because Wikipedia calls itself an encyclopaedia most people will take it as read that the stuff within it is true and accurate. The BBC famously used it as a source for a news piece on Ronnie Hazlehurst (music composer for television shows) when he died and said on national news that he had written one of S Club 7's songs. He hadn't and the BBC were mocked for the error. The researcher for that news piece thought Wikipedia was a reliable source when it isn't. The info about Jason Robinson signing for Hunslet (they weren't then known as the Hawks) and going from there to Wigan may or may not be true but the same doubt over validity is there with most things on Wikipedia.