Ferres doesn't hit the line hard and a number of times last season we saw knock on and errors with him trying to make a worldie offload and in this league the players will be way more savvy and aware of this, i was very surprised to see him go round again as this was the perfect time for him to join the backroom staff. Kenga was also a surprise as i saw him a perfect signing for a team like hunslet

My guess for the starting line up would be

1. E Hall
2. C Hall
3. Hey
4. Lyne
5. Briscoe
6. Johnston
7. Robinson
8. Matagi
9. Burns
10. Knowles
11. Smeaton
12. Sutcliffe
13. Lovodua

Subs Boas, Hepi, Pauli, McConnell

But there are plenty of those places I could switch around

I'm currently leaning towards

1. E Hall
2. Halliday
3. C Hall
4. Lyne
5. Briscoe
6. Johnston
7. Robinson
8. Matagi
9. Burns
10. Knowles
11. Smeaton
12. Sutcliffe
13. McConnell

Subs Lovodua, Hepi, Pauli, Hey

I'm sure it will all change after the first friendly though.

Jemmo and Adam's teams are quite near where I'd be.

The questions seem to be whether it's Tom or Brad Hey in the backs and whether Watson Boas gets a place on the bench. I'd be looking to get as many minutes as possible out of Lovodua so I'd definitely have him as a starter.

Both you guys have got Brad Knowles starting. I think that's a good move.

I just hope we can keep as many of the above fit as it looks like a decent team on paper.

Knowles was immense for us alongside Vete imo during the play off games I watched

Knowles was the best forward on the pitch for me and as good as Vete was I could see why Cas said he was unfit.

Matagi I should imagine would fill the same role but be an upgrade in that regard (fitter) so keeping them together with Burns distribution made sense to me.

Felt we had better go forward overall with Burns on the pitch than Boas due to Burns crisp passing.

PS since we have not mentioned one way or another with regards DR and we have a friendly with Hull FC is anyone else half expecting us to add a couple of season long loans/ DR players from Hull after the Friendly to take shirts 25 and 26 even though we initially said 25 man squad or is that just me? AFAIK Hull also aren't linked with anyone unless I missed it.