Eden
Cockayne
Salter
Welham
D. Hodgson
Hall
Keating
A Walker
J. Hodgson
Poore
Larroyer
Costigan
Langley

Bench
Weyman
J Walker
Green
Horne

Out
Carlile
Burns

That team doesn't look good enough to beat Leeds hopefully the actual team will be a bit stronger. The 3/4 in particular we look outclassed and without Burns we'll be no match at half back.

If Burns is half fit he must play there's no point saving him for a virtually unwinnable game at Huddersfield a week later.

So, we have 75% of our first choice 3/4s available yet still look 'outclassed'?
Looks like being a long hard season then.

Leeds most people agree have the best 3/4's in the competition but we only play them twice a season.

We need Burns on the right hand side to disrupt them otherwise they WILL run riot. Then we have chance because our forwards are the match of theirs.

Poore second row? Burns interchange hooker? Have people gone mad?

Just leave them too it, everyone wants to be Nathan Brown.

Salter had the best game of his career up against Moon last year, he should be playing tomorrow. Craig Hall also has to be in the team because his goal kicking is far better than anyone else in the team. With this in mind I'd put Hall on the wing for Hodgson.
Hall's best spell for Rovers came at the back end of the 2011 season while he was on the wing so we know he is capable and his height offers something different out wide. Cockayne offers more than Hodgson as well IMO so warrants his spot.

Eden
Cockayne
Welham
Salter
Hall
Burns
Keating
Poore
Hodgson
Adam Walker
Larroyer
Costigan
Langley

Carlile
Horne
Jonny Walker
Weyman

Green very unlucky to miss out though. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in for Horne with Hodgson moving to the back row with Carlile coming on to spell him at hooker and Costigan coming off.

Hodgson is a better winger than cockayne and he kicks goals

leeds' back 5 looks very strong but their halfs aren't great and their forwards are getting on a bit so I think if rovers' forwards can get on top you have the beating of them

Don't think the rhinos will be able to contain Cockaine n disco Dave when Keating is pulling the strings tomorrow !!!!

I really think the pitch is a big element tomorrow.

Home advantage is huge in this one, if we get our tactics right, we should be disappointed not to win.

Leeds rarely lose their first game of the season, but I think we have a real chance on Sunday.

I want to see a boring game, a war of attrition, I want to see us kick early and well, defend tight with good line speed and grind them down.

We need to shut them down at the ruck and make it a complete forward game. I want our second rowers jamming in and stopping any ball to their three quartets.

A nasty ugly game is what I want to see.

Don't want much then

You sound like a mike basset type of coach sandra

I'm drunk and this sounds superb.
Wooohooo!!