I suppose it's lucky that rugby is a game where there is no rotation of the body and no pressure put on parts of the body, otherwise anyone carrying this sort of injury really could be in trouble then.

Black and Whites name the 19-man squad set to face rivals Hull Kingston Rovers in the 225th Derby at the KC Stadium on Thursday night.

A bumper crowd is expected for the only true city derby in Super League, to support both sides in what is set to be another classic cross-city encounter.

Head coach Lee Radford has made two changes to the preliminary squad that faced Castleford Tigers on Friday evening, with young guns James Cunningham and Jack Logan both called into the side.

Cunningham returns for the first time since the round three clash against Salford Red Devils at the AJ Bell Stadium, and offers Airlie Birds boss Radford options at dummy half with an eye on easing the strains on vice captain Danny Houghton during a busy Easter period.

Meanwhile, Logan has retained his place in the side after being called up last minute for Hull's clash with the Tigers last week and will be hoping to make his Derby debut.

Half back Marc Sneyd and prop Chris Green drop out of the side, with both facing extended spells on the sidelines having picked up injuries in last week's match at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle.

They join captain Gareth Ellis, Setaimata Sa and Richard Whiting on the club's growing injury list, with all players continuing to be assessed by the club's medical staff.

Hull FC Squad: Bowden, Cunningham, Hadley, Houghton, Howarth, Lineham, Logan, Michaels, Minichiello, Paea, Paleaaesina, Pryce, Rankin, Shaul, Talanoa, Thompson, Watts, Westerman, Yeaman

On that squad

Shaul
Talanoa
Yeaman
Michaels
Lineham
Rankin
Pryce
Paea
Houghton
Mini
Hadley
Westerman

Thomspon
Watts
Feka
Cunningham

id go for more like that

There are only 12 in your starting line up. If you add in another prop (Bowden) I think that's the team to go with.

Radford stated on the radio, that Shaul is a doubt,

In that case, Why isnt Naughton in the squad?

Because he's clueless?

Seriously though, if Shaul drops out through injury can't we bring another player in?

isn't he injured still, from pre season?

The 19 man squad is irrelevant. If we need Naughton to play then he will play. I still fully expect Ellis to play too, and don't rule Sa out yet.

I hope not since he played for Donny last week.

Sa due to return for Widnes, but question is.. How long for?

Saving him for Widnes is the sensible thing to do, but he wants to play and I can see us taking a chance. The same goes for Ellis.

I agree. the Widnes game could be THE most crucial game for us,
in our recent history.

I actually think the Widnes game takes on more importance of we win at least once over the weekend. If we lose both then the 8 is probably gone, and other than jostling for position to try to get an extra home tie I'm not sure it really matters.

Naughton not in Dons 19 for Wed night.