Which for laughing or the shirt pull

So missing 10 first teamers
2. Faraimo
3. Tuimavave
5. Talanoa
6. Kelly
7. Sneyd
8. Taylor
13. Bowden
16. Abdull
20. Fash
23. Paea


Could it be something like this?

1. Shaul
28. Miloudi
4. Griffin
11. Hadley
24. Logan
33.Westerman
14. Connor
15. Green
9. Houghton
29. Masi
12. Mini
21. Manu
17. Washbrook

27. Downs
26.Lane
31.Osborne
22. Litten

Even for you, this is too much drama.

I'm pretty confident that in the history of SL, there hasn't been one player banned for a professional foul like this,

If this is the team, which I doubt as I think 2/3 those listed injured will play

I'd have Cameron Scott on the wing, Logan centre and Hadley I the pack.

Yep, and push Manu up to prop.

Stand off is an odd one. Radford has played Hadley there before. Washbrook played there a lot when he had hair. And Litten had to cover it last week. Miloudi plays there for Doncaster but we are short in the three quarters. Westerman is an option but then we look really light in the middle. Tough decision.

Is Carlos definitely out?

I'd go...

Shaul
Logan (if fit, if not Miloudi)
Griffin
Yeaman
Scott
Westerman
Connor
Green
Houghton
Manu
Mini
Lane
Hadley

Matongo
Washbrook
Litten
Downs


Hopefully we'll have at least one of Taylor or Paea back, and maybe one of Talanoa or Tuimavave?

I suspect both Taylor and Paea will play.
I wouldn't be too surprised if one or both of Talanoa and Carlos played also.

I've heard a rumour Kelly might play but I'm sceptical of that.

Gives us strength in the forwards with those two. Need some good defenders on our right edge to deal with Vaivai.

HDM reporting on the piece regarding Faraimo's ban that talanoa likely to be out for two months and Carlos struggling for weekend. Could be a Griffin and Yeaman centre partnership with Scott and Miloudi on wings? Always Jack Sanderson for wing too.

I’d play Scott in the centres if he’s going to play. Hard enough to make your debut in a game like this, without been out of position too.

Carlos won't make it, nowhere near.

Surely Miloudi has to be in the 17, when you look at the backs we have out, playing Yeaman over Miloudi would be massively unfair to him?

Either way we won't know fully til the squads are announced, I still back us to get the win and still hold high hope that we have a shock or two in the squad.

Out for 10 weeks along with Talanoa,

Bowden gone for the season.

Sneyd for 12 weeks.
Kelly for 5 weeks.

Taylor, Paea and Logan back, possibly.