Would be great for both teams to be full strength it will add to the occasion.

Was speaking to OMeley yesterday at ionians, yeah hes on crutches + said he heard + felt his calf pop! He says 1 month out but hoping to be bak 100% for rovers.

Will be a huge miss for us. However, if we can keep the rest of the pack fit there could be worse times to be without him. Plus he'll be chomping at the bit when he gets back.

How much will it p*ss the Saints fans off if he actually does get a ban and he's injured for it anyway?

do doodley de mark omeley,do doodley de mark omeley

This is why we have a squad.

Radford to prop, lauaki to second row, berrigan to replace hall on the bench.

We could even be stronger.

At the start of the season we would have struggled, it will still be a loss but with the form of Moa and Dowes, I think we can cope with his loss.

Hopfully lauaki will be back abd step up his game and show his good early season form.

A big blow for us but if it's only a month then it's not to bad, the rest might serve him well come the business end of the season.

I don't think Sam Moa has anything to prove, he has already shown us he is more than just a project a long time ago! Would have him over Radford, Dowes, Cusack anyday!

A month would mean he missed the following games;

Salford at Home - The rest of the pack should still be more than a match.

Hudds Away - A tough test but we should still hold out own in the pack.

Catalan at Home - Bigish pack but they are simply awful this season.

Bradford Away - Ogre will definately be missed in that one.

Then possibly Wakey away but again the pack should cope with that one.

Shame to be missing Ogre but we "should" cope without him and the rest may do him good come the business end of the season.

You think Bradford is harder than Hudds?

I think they have a better pack which is what I was commenting on with regards to missing Ogre and we dont exactly have a great record at their place either.

This injury came the first time O'Meley ran the ball in after he had flattened Roby.

Of course, having only seen this incident in real time so the detail may be different to what I recall, but the St's players were at best overly aggressive going into the tackle (no quarms with that, thats the game), but at worst (James Graham especially) late in the tackle with the use of knees.

Would be interesting to see if this incident is looked at by the review panel?