Thought O'meley put some bone crunching tackles in and you could see the Saints forwards struggle to get over them on a good few occasions.

Also think Cusack proved a few of his doubters wrong last night. Love Moa and glad we've got him, but you dont mess about with a winning team especially when no one played poorly.

Next week will be one of the hardest games of the season, IMO. Hudds are very well organised indeed. A nip and tick encounter with home advantage telling, I reckon.

That's a rough hand to be dealt at this stage (and we should know). Any chance of them being back, though, or are they medium term ones?

mason out 6 weeks, finnegan and kirmond longer

wild and drew not far off but wont make hull game

i was concerned about our lack of props before the season started (we expected to keep sculthorpe but he left for a better offer) and now with mason out even more concerned! really need this new young lad patrick to step up

this game will be much more of a test than against bradford... think hull fc have made the best pre season signings.

but we are a tough team to beat nowadays and the giants keep surprising me so hopefully we win but would say you are faves

Will be a tough forward battle but i think we have more than enough to win the game. Will be tough for Hudds in the pack if Mason and Crabtree are missing.

Going to be a massive crowd I reckon, the first home game always draws a bigger crowd, and the hype from last night will make that even bigger.

and even Hudds can surely bring a decent amount after their good start?

He said at the forum that he was planning to rotate the forwards as we now had class in depth !! so expect one of the boys to get a rest

Speaking of rotation, how good was it seeing Manu come off after half an hour and still looking fresh in the 2nd half as a result?

Worked really well didnt it bringing Lauaki on for Manu. Was good to also see Manu attack the left hand side and Lauaki attack the right, gave us good options and less predictable.

Not for me. Same team if all fit then rotate against Crusaders.

Depends how firm the KC pitch will be on Friday for me. I'd bring Moa in if it's firmer but would stick with the pack as was if not. I'd definately bring Calderwood back in though if he's fit.

I'm not Hall's biggest fan and prefer Calderwood, but think it would be harsh to drop Hall.