I'd be tempted to go with Maskill at hooker - he really looked the part against Hemel. I know people will say that it's different against SL opposition but he looked less out of place than some of our other players did against Hemel.

Besides:

No fear - it's only Cas!!

What is it with the fetish for playing players out of position?

Playing our loose forward out of position in order to make space to play one of three other players out of position (one of whom may have only just landed in the country and may not be actually any good) as well does not sound like a plan to me. In fact it sounds down right lunacy.

The club made the decision that we didn't need Ellis, and it was never beyond the realms of possibility that Aiton may be missing sooner or later, so we have to play Wood at hooker with Wildie on the bench or Maskill if deemed ready. Agar/Glover/Elstone/The Club are ultimately judged on decisions they make and they should have the courage of their convictions and if we didn't need Ellis - Wood, Wildie and Maskill will be sufficient, they should live or die by the decisions.

As a total gamble and looking for a player to get the rest fired up,i would stick Cockayne at hooker.He can scoot them to death and has decent hands.Smith to stand off,Mellars into centre and Lyne/AN Other on the wing.

A bit OTT there ! Its only a game and its only Cas your playing.

This.

Has this this actually been confirmed?

Trojan is right.
Wood in at 9 and bring Wilde in to the squad, unless someone can nip down to Post Office Road and grovel to Andy Ellis.
Its like deja vu but, we could do with some inspiration

Not that i can see anywhere but perhaps the Club would want to keep this kind of key team info quite in the lead up to a key game, unlike the original poster who revealed this, i seem to remember he revelaved the Justin Poore not playing in the lead up to the Widnes game?

To be fair, if our other 2 main hookers and our Academy hooker had been injured as well as our first choice hooker then Cockayne is probably next in line. Seem to recall him playing their for Rovers when with them.

I also reckon that there will be other dafter suggestions for hooker before the thread has run its course.

lol - if Wood is not up to it then why the hell is he in our squad. Same with Wildie.

Whoever plays 9, someone from the middle is going to have to step up and do some defence. We might as well have someone with experience of playing at dummy half to do the job rather than shoehorning people in.

I can only give the info that has been given to me, trust me this is usualy good info, weather its right or wrong, i will post what i have been told