You are funny

I'm trying not to, as I'm big fans of both players, but I can't help but feel a bit disappointed by the players, this is the biggest game of the year and as soon as the draw was made, they should have cancelled their flights to play in this game.

Can't blame Hull as it might have been the only way they signed for us.

You are Yoda and I claim my £10.

Honestly can't understand how anyone would be disappointed in the players. Surely every player would jump at the chance to represent their country? Seems like a no-brainer to me.

i found out on thursday see"challenge cup"

I'm not going to condemn any player who chooses to play for his country over his club, especially when that country has appointed him captain. It's a huge honour no matter how unimportant the fixture looks to us.

Something can only really be classed as stupid or a bad idea if there was an option for it not to happen. That's not the case here. It's an unfortunate conjunction of events which I'm sure the club and players would rather had not happened. But we are where we are and there's not much point worrying about it.

Not just playing but captaining a nations team! In contracts n didn't know we'd draw saints.
Good for them though really. Imagine captaining a national team. Unlucky for us. But ellis n mini come in. Fresh

I guess Ellis's early guilty plea makes even more sense now.

Shit happens. We've enough to win if we play to our full potential. The player we miss most in the squad when he's not playing (Houghton always plays so isn't included) is Ellis. Mini is also high up that list so if they are both back then we'll still have a top back row.

Can move Watts to second row after his break for our second try. What a line!

Who's to say Minichiello will be fit? Missed a lot of games last season due to the same injury.