Atoni is definitely out, so finger's crossed that Uele is fit 

Let?s hope so. 

That would be Nikotemo and Griffi or Croft SR with Mckmeeken, Faatili, Uele, Vagana which is still pretty good. 


If Uele is out though it could be Shaw, Lingard or High. So long as we don?t see Pitts as prop and start faffing with the spine again. 

Pitts at prop with Cozza at LF isn?t a disaster for one game


I?d be happy to see Lingard get a run if we are down to 3 props

We've got enough not to move Pitts.


Keep him at 13 but we need to give Cossa time on the field too. He's an important part of the team now.

Given our ‘no d*ckhead’ policy - I can’t see us going anywhere near Jackson Hastings.

Cozza may end up propping which is an option too I suppose. He looks more athletic these days but he’s played there a number of times. 

We see things very differently Trojan

We do but I’m not saying he’s near my first 4. Just that he is a prop/13. Though we play him mostly 13 and that’s where I see him.
He played prop a few times last year for us and he would be ahead of Shaw and Lingard if needed. 


Worst case scenario Mckmeeken, Vagana, Faatili, Cozza still has something about it. 


I do hope Uele is clear to play though. Along with a few others. 

I don't think it has enough about it to worry Cas'I get where you're coming from but we have 2 back row forwards in there and the pack from being one which was above most in SL has gone to one which won't worry any others in SL.

It wasn’t that long ago in pre season a lot of fans saw Vagana as a prop. He can play prop just as well from what I have seen and I think he’s a better prop option than a few of the new props for Cas. Would you swap him for Salabio, Dezaria or even Singleton? 

Cozza isn’t a back row. He’s always played in the middle at 13/prop or these off the bench. He does have some games at second row but he’s at home in the middle. Though he is more of a 13 these days.the likelihood is that our 4th prop won’t need to do big minutes as Mckmeeken will likely do 60-70minutes. 


Saying that those 4 not troubling Cas, I still think you’re overestimating Cas’s props. 


Uele will make a huge difference though. 


Our forwards will really need to step up in this one and roll the sleeves up. 

I agree with Trojan on Cas's pack. It's better than it was in pre-season, but it's still not great. Salabio, Singleton, Dezaria and Westerman are all good on their day but they're also full of penalties and loose carries. I'd back McMeeken, Uele or Vagana, Fa'atili and Cozza to get over them all day.


It's still the same challenge as we had two weeks ago. We need to get them in the arm wrestle, kick into corners, and when we inevitably get opportunities, ice them. We didn't do any of that against them at home, nor in Perpignan. We've been playing wonderful risky rugby and finishing our sets terribly. Sometimes you get away with that, but if the other team's on, you don't. I reckon that'll be the same this weekend.

Opinions differ. Mine are quite different to yours!