You're not the troll you wally, Eastmoor is!

I think it will probably be something like:

Grix

BJB (RW)
Lyne (RC)

Toupo (LC)
Johnstone (LW)

Miller
Finn

England
Wood
Fifita
Ashurst
Horo
Arona

Hampshire
Pauli
Kirmond (if kirmond was going to be a starting SR this season then i dont think the captaincy would have been questioned?)
Hirst/Baldwinson (Huby would replace if fit, but suspect he wont be rushed back for this game)

Still lots of very good players to come into that team as well.

Don’t be surprised if Crowther is at Loose, I wouldn’t.

I'd go for the biggest bench possible, not with Hampshire, and just try and wear a team down that hasn't played decent opposition for more than a year. They'll be running on adrenalin of the top flight return and a noisy crowd. Knock it out of them. Isn't the phrase that you can win behind a beaten pack? So beat their pack.

I get what you're saying and there's an argument for that but surely with the size we already have in Fifita, Pauli, England and say, Hirst. That's 4 Props bigger than anything Hull KR have got. Add to that probably Ashurst, Horo, Arona, and Kirmond, that is an absolute huge pack. I bet most of the Hull KR pack won't have come up against a side with that many KG's in the pack before. Saying that size isn't the be all and end all, it has to come with RL smarts and I think our pack as got that.

Having Hampshire come off the bench might provide that spark running against tired forward in the second half that could prove the difference, a bit like we did with Miller at times last year.

Just looking at the sizes of those 4 Props, I wonder if they're the biggest set of Prop forwards ever assembled in SL. I may be wrong but I can't think of any sides that have had 4 all that big.

Catalan must have been similar in their big front row phase.

Is Huby a racehorse? Soft ground will suit.

chortle chortle

Suspect if he's fit we will go with 4 forwards on bench huby, hirst pauli horo

if hubys not fit would go with annikin

Grix
Johnstone
Arundel
Tupou
BJB
Finn
Miller
England
Wood
Hirst
Ashurst
Horo
Arona

Fifita
Pauli
Annakin
Hampshire

Injuries permitting that would be mine.

I'm all for batch, Crowther and Anakin etc getting a chance but make it the senior players to lose first - could be wrong but that's how I see it.

Horo looked extremely tired in all games I watched of Catalan last season- we got every home game of theirs over here ...I was not impressed