Butcher:

Exactly that - Hood would be our obvious solution at 6 if Doyle was fit, but alas, we need him in the middle. I get why everyone loves Harvey Smith, but he’s really struggling to win collisions at this level. That will come obviously. 


So do we push Rourke up, put Walmsley at fullback and give Tchamambe his debut? Put Hood there and ask Smith to play 80? Put Pitts there, McMeeken to 13 and Faatili back on the bench? Or just throw Stephenson in at the very deep end? 


No brilliant option, but I quite like the first, just to see something new in what is a bit of a free hit next week. 

The Avenger:



Jesus H Christ on a motorbike, that’s a lot of changes, with players out of position. Why don’t we just go out and sign a half back on loan and leave everybody else Where they are.We are one injury or illness away from having no halfbacks available at all and young Stephenson isn’t ready yet and we shouldn’t be rushing him into a level of rugby that might stunt his development.


Enquire about Jack Farrimond at Wigan or look elsewhere in the game 

Pat_Bateman:

Pratt needs to keep his head held high after this game. He did two exquisite breaks against Hanley, who was very dominant last week. Pratt was also defensively solid as a rock. Yes he should have passed to Johnstone, but he’ll learn from it. 


Outstanding talent needs to be nurtured and not ridiculed like some of the stuff people have wrote on other online sites. We are playing really well with the players we’re able to put out. Leigh are a very good team who play very physical  


I’ve seen Hood play 6 before and he’s pretty handy, but obviously that leaves us short at 9. Robbing Peter to pay paul. 


Going to be very tough against St’s next week, with the only advantage being we’ve got 2 days extra recovery on them. Reckon we’ll have to get Gale signed back on at this rate!!