Just a week to go until the first official friendly. Assuming we won't see the likes of Jones, Ma'u, Fonua etc but sounds like quite a few players competing for spots against Leeds will be getting gametime - Bowden, Savelio, Johnstone all mentioned, think we'll see Swift, Dawson-Jones and Faraimo too. Not too sure what sort of side Halifax will be putting out - obviously they're no mugs judging by their CC run last season. Imagine the pitch will be pretty heavy, hopefully no injuries and a decent run out.

We’re planning to go, and can’t wait to see the boys in action.

Hope to see a few of the first team lads, plus some big boys too. Long time since the FC played at The Shay....can anyone remember the last game there?

I know we won 60-10 there in May 2003 with Steve Prescott scoring two tries and kicking ten from ten.

Halifax went down that year, having only won one game (and then they had the 2 points deducted for salary cap breach !)

After the York game shambles I’m looking for a much better performance !!
The turnstiles were shoite and the stewards didn’t have a clue

Will we see our front line team playing before the season starts, and if so in which game? i would have thought they could do with a decent hit up together. in the past this always was the pre season derby but as we don't have this i'm a bit concerned we might start off a bit under done, given the lack of match practice.

i think the pitch will be fine, not much rain for the last couple of weeks and none forecast in the lead up to the game

I would say we will see Radfords idea of his starting line up in the london game

anyone know if rh will be broadcasting the game?

Squad is in:

Lewis Bienek
Jack Brown
Kieran Buchanan
Joe Cator
Matty Dawson-Jones
Brad Fash
Tom Goulding
Charlie Graham
Josh Griffin
Liam Harris
Jacob Hookem
Jordan Johnstone

Albert Kelly
Jordan Lane
Masi Matongo
Ben McNamara
Eldon Myers
Ratu Naulago
Charlie Patterson-Lund
Jack Sanderson
Andre Savelio
Cameron Scott
Connor Wynne

Line up something like this?

Wynne
Ratu Naulago
Kieran Buchanan
Josh Griffin
Matty Dawson-Jones

Albert Kelly
Liam Harris

Lewis Bienek
Jordan Johnstone
Masi Matongo
Andre Savelio
Jordan Lane
Joe Cator

Bench of

Jack Brown
Brad Fash
Tom Goulding
Charlie Graham
Jacob Hookem
Ben McNamara
Eldon Myers
Charlie Patterson-Lund
Jack Sanderson
Cameron Scott

In case this has slipped under the net, SL squad announcements will increase from 19 to 21 players this season.

BUT - if you bring someone else in to play, you will lose an interchange.

So the 21 players will have to cover all possible outcomes before the 17 take the field, or take a hit on interchanges.

Another daft idea.

scott will most likely be a starter in the centres

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... in-3703716 Griffin to captain the team on Sunday, playing in the backrow too

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... in-3703716 Griffin to captain the team on Sunday, playing in the backrow too

yup, like only 15 players for FC and KR in the junior ranks, thevRFL are idiots.