Fancy KR to win this match. Having played a game will help and I expect us to be rusty with lots of new players in key positions and a new style of play. Building combinations more important than results right now.

Hkr used alot of subs in the wigan game, I hope they don't do it (although both teams are entitled to) in the derby or it could be ruined spectacle.

It won't be a spectacle. Both clubs will quite rightly make lots of changes, that's what friendlies are for.

Didn't PG say hed pick between 18/20 players?

Considering we play York the same weekend I'd guess that to be right.

Wigan had 7 replacments Hkr 13, I don't know how many interchanges they both use.

If both sides want this to be a yearly event the it should be better than most friendly's for the fans, or they wont turn up.

I would be very surprised if Rovers had 13 subs sat on the bench next week and use about 40 interchanges like we saw today. Next week is our final friendly before Super League starts so i reckon we will have a squad of between 18-20 players and will significantly cut down on the number of interchanges.
Peter Gentle stated that he will use a squad of 20 players i think but i would imagine that he will interchange players more frequently with it been your first game.
The coming week is likely to see both marketing teams pushing the game in order to maximise the crowd and revenue. Lets face it both clubs need a pay day. If the clubs want to make it an annual pay day then they need to make this a competitive game.

We've got four pairs of tickets to the derby to give away! To be in with a chance of winning, just register for the latest updates on the Active Hull website www.activehull.co.uk Competition closes at midnight tonight, so be quick! We will email the lucky winners on 17 January. You can find low cost and free activities in Hull all in one place on the Active Hull website. The site includes local football, rugby and netball teams, walking clubs, zumba sessions, boxing and dance classes. We're still adding more activities too. Good luck!

We've got four pairs of tickets to the derby to give away! To be in with a chance of winning, just register for the latest updates on the Active Hull website www.activehull.co.uk Competition closes at midnight tonight, so be quick! We will email the lucky winners on 17 January. You can find low cost and free activities in Hull all in one place on the Active Hull website. The site includes local football, rugby and netball teams, walking clubs, zumba sessions, boxing and dance classes. We're still adding more activities too. Good luck!

Haha, Brave man.

Women scorned and all that.

Hope we get plenty of walk ups for this one as we've only sold 5k tickets with Rovers selling just short of 1.5k. I know it's a friendly but anything less than 10k is dissapointing IMO.

At this stage i think 6500 ticket sales is pretty good going. Talking to friends and family at Rovers yesterday none of us had sorted our tickets yet but we are all going. With a big publicity push later on in the week i reckon we will see a crowd well in excess of 10k.

Too many derbies I'm afraid it's a joke having another one. Looking forward to the Bradford friendly next week.

i agree

two derbys a year is enough i dont want to see your ugly mugs 4 times a year

it is a money spinner but does take some of the shine off it maybe you'll win a couple this year though

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I am surprised at the low tickets sales, I can't wait to see our new look team and playing style. With all the bad news around I would have thought AP might have asked us to treat the game a little more seriously than a normal friendly. Nothing like a derby win to get the feel good factor, even if its in a meaningless game.

Nicklas and Ellis getting 40 minutes each, good to hear. Rovers fielding pretty much their starting 13 for SL with far fewer interchanges this week.

Great news, I am dying to see how Ellis fairs in SL and with KR fielding their strong team it will give us a pretty good idea of how he does.