Squad for Friday:


1 Jordan Rapana


3 Zak Hardaker


4 Ed Chamberlain


5 Tom Briscoe


6 Will Pryce


7 Aidan Sezer


8 Herman Ese?ese


9 Amir Bourouh


13 John Asiata


14 Cade Cust


16 Yusuf Aydin


17 Jack Ashworth


20 Davy Litten


22 Lewis Martin


23 Logan Moy


25 Denive Balmforth


27 Matty Laidlaw


30 Callum Kemp


32 Will Kirby


39 Sam Eseh


40 Liam Knight


Team pretty much names itself with Moy, Kemp, Kirby and Laidlaw dropping out.

Rovers name Lewis in the squad,


Looks like its only McIlorum is out and noteworthy

the 2nd rowers are a big miss.  add in cartwright, lane and holmes and its a different game

The 17 Pretty much picks itself without any 2nd rowers being available. Only question is whether we should start with both Ese'ese & Knight. Admittedly we lose a lot of go forward when neither are on but think we gain more overall when both on together than we would splitting them up. 


Pryce
Briscoe
Rapana
Litten
Martin
Cust
Sezer
Ese'ese
Bourouh
Knight/Aydin
Hardaker
Chamberlain
Asiata


Balmforth
Ashworth
Aydin/Knight
Eseh

I suppose there are two approaches to the props, go for consistency throughout the game and split up Knight and Ese'ese or try and make hay with them both on and then go for more of a holding action while they're off.

We really struggled against wire when both were off, made worse by ashworth being put in the bin so I'd split them up,mayd8n is a decent defender so could be on in the jorenintense early stages then Knight and ashworth off the bench. I think k ashworth is better with a more dominant prop alongside him rather than being the main man

Less than 1k tickets left according to the wail so should be around 21/22k there.


SL should se a massive number of attendees overall for rivals round with the 3 big clubs all at home and us and Wigan near sell outs.

Need to start with  Ese and knight. Get at them early with the best on the pitch from the off. Pity Watts not fit.....But Ashworth Aydin hopefully step up to the plate.....Like to see more of Esea than just 2 min......

I think I'd be tempted to split them up and start with Ese'ese and Aydin. Aydin is probably the weakest of the the 4 in terms of yardage, breaking tackles etc, but what he does bring is a lot of effort and enthusiasm. Have him set the tone early on with his kick chases and line speed putting himself about, and then you've got Knight to come on when we need to give Herman a rest and you aren't losing too much then.


I can see value in just simply putting our best 13 on the park from the start and trying to blitz them in the first 20 minutes. But my concern is if they hold their own during that period, where do we go from there? Their bench props are stronger than ours and I would worry about them getting on top in the middle part of the game again.

Confident of a Hull win after a loss in the cup match. Almost 80 years since the first derby I remember when dad went on Xmas day and he didn't take me. Hull were at home and won.


Maybe a good omen!

Well getting excited now. Funnily enough not to nervous. Although when I get near the ground butterflies will start. Going in as massive underdogs again. But hopefully think we will do well. Can we win?. Maybe ?.....Massive crowd again. Great start to the season ...COYH