Also to be fair Gelling was playing right centre which iirc he's only played once (maybe twice) in his career.

i think you have to put hampshire on the bench,sam looks way off the pace.think that knee injury is far worst than they are letting on.anyone know the injury update after sat match,do we have a clean bill of health?

If anything these last 3 games have shown nothing but neagtives for Waney and offered only negative help in his team selection for wembley. IMO the only 2 people who have etched their names on my teamsheet would be Liam Farrell and Scott Taylor. Granted Taylor made a couple of errors himself on Saturday but over the last 3 games hes been solid and had had more go forward than all the forwards put together so he gets my vote. Like i said there have been more negatives than positives unfortunatley these last 3 games and i feel that some fringe players have done themselves no favours and rather showed that they wont be able to handle the pressure of the big game.


1. Sam
2. Pat
3. Gelling
4. Goulding
5. Josh
6. Green
7. Smith
8. Mossop
9. MM
10. Taylor
11. H
12. Faz
13. Lockers

14. Crosby
15. Logan T
16. Flower
17. Burke


Ive included Crosby and Burke because quite simply the fringe players have been dreadful over the last few weeks and made countless errors, turning over possession etc.. and these 2 have been consistent in defence and attack when called upon in the big games this season, Crosbys M.O.M performance against St Helens and Burke's debut against Wire so they would get my vote.

Has Hampshire ever played 9 in his life? Bit of a risk playing him for the first time at 9 in the CC final.

its never going to happen but i would drop green and put hampshire in.green has been very poor since returning from injury.

Don't you think it's one hell of a risk putting in an inexperienced young lad who's NEVER EVER played first team in the halves in the CC final?

S.Tomkins - Charnley, Goulding, Thornley, Richards - Green, Smith - Mossop, Mac, Flower, Hansen, Farrell, O'Loughlin

Bench - Taylor, Crosby, Tuson, L.Tomkins

This is my 17, although I think Wane will prefer Gelling to Thornley.

green is giving nothing anything better than nothing would be an improvement.

But he has played in the halves at Wembley, I think he was m.o.m.

If we have Green on the bench we can always bring him on if things are going very badly (not that he's likely to do much to help matters). I just think we have very few players available with spark, so I wouldn't leave one in the stands in favour of Logan Tomkins or Jack Hughes, who are both in poor form (well, I'm not sure it counts as poor form for Logan, he's never looked that good)

I would change L.Tomkins for Hampshire them move Smith to Hooker.

I can't believe people would actually consider playing a young inexperienced player in the halves (a position he's never played before in the first team) in the biggest game of the year.

Complete madness.

Both smith and green have not been the same since their injuries, but i still think you need a player like green in the in a challenge cup final

i would add that as an ex rovers player green will be up for the game

What if O'Loughlin doesn't make the final.

In that scenario, and because the way we play we need three ball handlers in attack, i'd play Blake Green at loose forward, Tomkins at stand off and Hampshire at full back. You would then have a ball handling trio of Smith, Tomkins & Green.
If O'Loughlin does play the the team will be the usual one with Thornley in the centre and I would put Hampshire on the bench as the x factor.