For me

Jowitt
Evans
Batch
Hall
Murphy
Miller
Lino
Fifita
Hood
Arona
Ashurst
Pitts
Crowther

Bowes
Bowden
Whitbread
Tanginoa

spot on for me !

Here’s my line up. Can’t see it being much different. Crowther should start at 13 as he is a very strong defender and Pitts should move there after 25 minutes to allow Tanginoa to attack the right channels in second quarter after some fatigue has set in. Crowther can come back on for Pitts in the second half then.

I feel we would benefit from Bowes playing Saturday. On a fast pitch it would be more beneficial having a nippy 9 than Crowther filling in again. Batch has to play at centre.

Jowitt
Evans
Batchelor
Hall
Murphy
Miller
Lino
Fifita
Hood
Whitbread
Ashurst
Pitts
Crowther

Arona
Bowden
Tanginoa
Bowes

Young bowes had a stormer against saints earlier in the season , even caught out the best in the business and gave Roby the runaround. Very nippy at the play the ball and tackles above his weight .

Yes I remember him having 2/3 hood games then strangely getting dropped. He then had a stormer in reserves. Hope he gets a shot.

Sorry, I know you said don't quote me but I thought I'd look and see if you were right.
As far as I can tell from Superleague website he has played 3 games for us.
Hull - 14 tackles made, 1 Missed
Salford - 10 tackles made, 2 Missed
Wigan - 11 tackles made, 0 Missed

So he has missed a few but not many, and given that he's not played many minutes in those games then I don't think those stats are bad tbh

Also stats don't always give the full story.

Of those 3 tackles did any lead to a try?

Likewise did any of the completed tackles stop a try, and so on.

The only issue I see with Butler is match fitness. If he works on this on and off the field there’s definitely some player in there. He’s had a solid start. I feel a few more matches good pre season will dim the world of good and we could see Butler at his best.

I’m not understanding where this animosity against Hood is coming from though. He’s been perfectly fine imo. He’s also a very strong defender which is useful in early exchanges. Suggesting Crowther at 9 instead of Hood seems absolutely diabolical imho. Crowther is a good 13, play him there.

Hood and Bowes should interchange at 9.

I agree. I'm happy with Hood.

But "dim the world of good"? Are you Voldemort?

Oh Hufflepuff .

Don’t you just love predictive text. It’s just laziness that I don’t spell check on here haha.

arguably this is one of the games of the weekend for the neutral along with wigan saints - hopefully it will encourage a few along to the stadium early. Im expecting Saturday to have a higher attendance than Sunday, although wigan and saints fans have a nasty habit of only coming and staying for their own games.
Should be a cracker - think nerves will play a big part for both sides though.