Sarg on the bench for me with him spelling a back rower and Hankinson shuffling across one in to the second row.

Hardaker
Marshall Hankinson Gildart Burgess
Williams Sammut
Clubb Leuluai Navarette
Isa Farrell Powell

Subs-Bullock, Partington, Smithies, Sarginson.

Hardaker
Burgess
Gildart
Sarginson
Marshall
Williams
Sammut
Clubb
Leuluai
Navarette
Farrell
Hankinson
Powell

Bullock
Partington
Smithies
Isa

I must have missed Leuluai’s stint at loose forward as well.

I agree. The dropped ball looked more naturally Marshall's ball, but I can see the argument that "if in any doubt, it's the full-back's". It's not the first time something like that has happened this season, and it really shouldn't. Lets hope they've sorted it out in training.

I am far from convinced that Hardaker would make a better winger than Marshy. Sarge is leaving the club anyway, I don't see why we need to move people around to accommodate him as if he were Latrell Mitchell.


I notice everyone has Sammut at 7. Do we really think Lam will start with him there?

Id be amazed if he starts with Sammut in fact it wouldn't surprise me if its Escare and Sammut who miss the cut. Personally I would start with Sammut but I don't think Lam will start with TL, Powell and Sammutt on the field.

The pack looks really lightweight without SOL , Greenwood and Flower so we will need further improvement to beat HKR on Friday.

Think Sammut will be on the bench as per last week.

We were without SOL, Greenwood and Flower for 78 minutes last week as well and the pack went OK. I do rate Rovers’ pack better than Salford though.

I agree re HKR pack hence why we will need to improve on last week.
HKR need to win, have a decent coach and some good players so Friday will be much tougher than last week when we played a Salford team also missing a few regulars

It’s going to be a bit like late seasons in premier league football this year in that games for the top teams like Saints, Wire and Hull against the bottom teams will become far more difficult because of the relegation picture. Everyone of Leeds, London, HKR and Huddersfield know they’re in big trouble and they’ll be in survival mode, which will make what would normally seem like simple fixtures for teams much harder. This game would be tough for us anyway as we’re not currently in that top team bracket but it’s even harder now.

It’s great for the league to be truthful.

He's played there a fair bit previously in his career (as well as centre). Sarginson looked really good at FB when he's played there this season, and Hardaker has done little to show he should automatically get the spot this season. A change of positions might just give him a kick up the backside like giving him the 20 shirt was supposed to.

If you go back to the highlights, you'll see that Williams, Sammut, Powell and Leuluai are all on at the same time for Hardaker and Marshall's tries. I'm not saying it's a long term solution but we played our best rugby during that period.

At that time wasn’t it Powell in at Loose? Leuluai was at hooker with Sammut & Williams in the halves. It worked quite well too!

You could be right there actually looking at the highlights, cheers

I don’t think Sarg should come back in for either Hankinson or Hardaker. Both are playing well in their best position and Hank’s goal kicking is invaluable.

I like Sarginson, particularly his work rate but just because he had two good games at full back we are discussing displacing one of the best full backs in the league.

If he comes back in its on the wing for Marshall/Burgess.