Up next Wakefield, and our second encounter with everyone's favourite former coach

They've had a roof put on the away end since our last visit there, so it should be OK even if it's raining.

Sharp, O'Meley, Martin, Bowden, Lineham and Heremaia all out, and Yeamo is still a doubt, meaning we may see Reece Lyne again or a debut for Jack Briscoe.

My lineup would be:

Russell
Tom Briscoe
Yeaman/ Crooks
Turner
Crooks / Jack Briscoe
Horne
Seymour
Lynch
Houghton
Moa
Manu
Tickle
Whiting

Westerman
Pitts
Aspinwall
O'Carroll

Id go with that.

Crooks is impressing me no end, but i havent seen Jack Briscoe yet so cant compair them both.

Glad there is a roof on the away end!

Tom played for Featherstone against french team and scored a couple of tries. Didn't look out of place.

Got the makings of a good game this. Hull are without question a better side on form but a mixture of your injuries, current winless run, Wakeys current winning run plus the Agar/Cockayne factor could make it very interesting. Think i am going to take advantage of Rovers not having a game and go along to this one.
Hull to sneak it but only just.

Yeaman said today that he is hopeful for the weekend.

Injuries aside we are not in bad shape. unlucky a little last 2 games, we could and should have won both, if we cant beat this lot we may as well settle for 9th spot.

If you've been on their forum over the last month or two, you'd see that there were nearly riots when it was suggested that away fans would be using the shed with a roof on. A bit possessive this Wakey lot.

Hmm, you are pushing the definition of a run, it's only been two matches.

I prefer to think we've only lost one in the last four

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Considering we always pack out that end, I can't see sunday been any different. Should be a cracking atmosphere.

Featherstone have been putting highlights of their games on their website, with commentary, so if you're interested in seeing a bit of Jack Briscoe then it might be worth having a look at the more recent ones.


Tough game, given the injuries, but I think that we will win it. More importantly, our performance levels must be much higher than in recent weeks as we've not been at our best against KR and Saints.

I think that I would go with

FB: Russell
LW: Crooks
LC: Yeaman
RC: Turner
RW: T. Briscoe
SO: Whiting
SH: Seymour
P: Lynch
H: Houghton
P: Moa
SR: Manu
SR: Tickle
LF: Westerman

I: Aspinwall
I: O'Carroll
I: Pitts
I: Horne

Can't understand how Yeaman is struggling after he was given the all clear

He has an infection in his foot (where he had surgery earlier in the season). I presume that the all-clear was for his cheekbone as that was broken in a recent game.

He said on twitter that he had been given the all clever on his foot

Get a win, stop the rot and secondly put in a good performance. I've no problem about what we are doing and where we are (would have snapped someone's hand off if they'd had given me the option at the start of the season). But we're at a sort of "procrastination" point mid-season, a couple of results which could (maybe should) have gone the other way and need to show were better than this, can kick on and change it. Don't want to say "turn it around" because it's not that bad and reference the points above.

A nip-it-in-the-bud would be nice to see.

Wakefield Wildcats 24 Hull 16.