Butcher:
On this weekend last year we were scraping a win away at Widnes. Glad to be up against the world champions at home instead.
That said, tonight’s going to be rough - French is back, so is Thompson. They’ve got a bench of Havard, Mago, Dupree and Leeming. We’ve got one recognised prop in the squad. Ready to get spanked - anything else will be a bonus.
Bummer, without French, they don't look as threatening, which we could have done with. Also, we've got 2 recognised Props, haven't we? Big Mike and
Fa'atili. Still short, but I haven't missed something, have I?
Fingers crossed that they surprise us this week and pull one out of the bag of one we should be losing.
Oh right, worse fears realised Big Mike out.
Hopefully, DP decided to rest him in this game, and there are no injury issues.
So with all the backrowers playing, it's quick play of the balls and plenty of dummy runners on the move, with forwards running angles to create space for the backs. That's the plan anyway I suspect.