Anyone know when he is going to available for selection? i asked a guy at St.Helens on friday night and he said he'd heard that he was going to be out for the season??

Bad news for him, we are lucky that we have a hooker than can do the 80 if required.

Also should give Ellis, Nicklas and maybe even Newton some game time.

This is the result of having nobody come through the Academy in the last couple of years. Bradford have injuries too, but the players replacing them have a good number of matches under their belt in SL whereas our replacements were never given that opportunity

You could put a few clubs in that category with Bradford, including the dobbins. They have probably had more injuries than any team so far but have sufficient cover, especially in the forwards, to manage it.

We sadly do not.

Exactly. We have the same cover, just that our cover never had the opportunity to play SL. Will take us a few years yet to catch up, but we are making progress.

rovers have more cover because they've spent the last 4 or 5 years mopping up the best young talent in the area while our previous board were scrimping on our academy set up