They've always had it in for us that SKY lot!

Not sure Connor will actually play but if he does I'd go
Walker
McIntosh
Wynne
Mitch
Simm
Connor
Gale
Evans
Lover
Taylor
Sao
Longstaff
Lane

Brown
Fash
Laidlaw
Houghton

Quite worrying still no Mcnamara especially considering Hodgson has mentioned he should be good to go the last few weeks

He tweaked his hammy in the week leading up to the Magic Weekend

A bit daft of hull this. Cas are struggling for fullbacks and hull decide to strengthen their biggest rival for the final playoff spot by loaning them shaul instead of keeping them struggling. Should have shipped him off to wakey for the rest of the season.

I wouldn't have Longstaff and Simm defending the same time, Mitch or Wynne will help, but they will be targeted.

My pack and bench would be

Sao
Houghton
Evans
Lane
Lovodua
Brown

Fash
Taylor
Longstaff
Hookem

I get what your saying but having Houghton and hookem sharing the hooking duties is not going to change anything for us at dummy half and feel joey would be wasted in the second row

That's how I'd go. We've got to short out that edge. Longstaff, Griffin and Simm have been all over the place.

Other option is thus

Evans
Houghton
Brown
Sao
Lane
Lovodua

I'm not a fan of moving Sao away from prop.

Walker, Simm, Mitch, Wynne, Mcintosh, Connor, Gale

Sao, Houghton, Evans, Lovodua, Lane, Brown

Taylor, Fash, Longstaff, Hookem/Another

Is how I'd go.

Yes, would have liked to see him get another run out but it looks like Hull have allowed the Academy lads to represent Yorkshire which is fair enough I guess.

Aftet watching him for the academy, Balmforth needs a good off season working on his fitness, think he will be ready next season if he does.

Mau another Hamstring setback,Tuimavave the same problem a couple of times.
They are trying to bring players back from Hamstring injuries too early and setting back the original injury several more weeks.
it would be nice to see Connor back but give him another week on the sidelines.
I dont know who our Physios are but it seems to me this area of the club needs to be overhauled by adding some more experienced sports injury personnel

Nothing has been announced yet and he's not exactly been ripping up trees lately. Plus if we need him off cap then he'll go to whoever will have him.

It's probably impossible to compare if we are worse than other clubs with injuries but if that can be established it may just be we have more injury prone players rather than inadequate treatment?

It does seem to happen every season and needs to be investigated.