Its amazing how quickly a squad that looks so deep on paper at the start of the year can be chipped away at. French, O'Neill, Isa and Cooper being out long term along with Eseh, Chan and Byrne not looking the players we hoped they'd be means we're thin on options all of a sudden. Harvie Hill hasnt set the world on fire recently either.

I think in an ideal world Smith and Thompson would get a rest over the next week but doesnt look like thats going to be possible. Jai Field is the big concern for me though over the next few games - personally Im not sure he should be played at all against Leigh. You can tell hes nervous about those hamstrings and understandably so with his history. Most of the time you can tell he runs at around 70-80% capacity - in fact the only time this year where I felt hes run at top speed was before the tackle on Taylan May.

You could see with his chase on Bibby that he wasn't going at 100%. He actually said in his post game interview on Wigan TV, that he had been told by the physios that he hit 95% of his top pace at one point, so they must be monitoring him with GPS or whatever. It feels like the only time he's gone flat out this season was at Wembley, when a) he had his best game of the year by far but b) he came out of it injured.

Hopefully they can manage him through the rest of the season and then get it fully sorted in time for 2025.

I think we will see Forber in the squad soon, possibly the Leeds game. In my view, he will make a big difference.

Hope so - he looked pretty lively when he played against London.

+1, he is potentially the best hooker we have had for years, hopefully he can take the chance now.
Added to which is he is very effective behind a hard-working pack, hopefully we can get back to that go forward again as well.

French will be back in for Magic. No Hampshire conundrum then. French 6 Smith 7

That seems a bit quick for a hamstring injury, not complaining mind