I hope the same is true this time. At least we all have a good reason to get behind PNG on friday now (apart from them being massive underdogs and a win for PNG could help England). Could it be possible that the south stand could shake the kiwis up a bit?

Given the article on the Rhinos website GH seems to be focused on the re-development of Headingley at the minute.

Doubt he'll need to showcase that stamina for about 3 years.

Who knows things might change

with a proper hooker signed I would expect him to be starting. I would now expect to see burrow start at 7 or adding impact from the bench as in 2011

the reason McShane was dropped was because his defence was poor for a hooker, while he didn't offer the same going forward as Burrow.

With Aiton now starting at hooker, we can afford to have Kev & Danny defending out wide, keeping them fresh as they get through far fewer tackles. With Sutcliffe ready to step into the halves for poor form / injury, and Stevie Ward coming into the BR, we have good cover all round for our pivots.

Meaning our best side now is:

1. Zak Hardaker
2. Ryan Hall
3. Kallum Watkins
4. Joel Moon
5. Tom Briscoe
6. Kevin Sinfield
7. Danny McGuire
8. Brad Singleton
9. Paul Aiton
10. Jamie Peacock
11. Brett Delaney
12. Carl Ablett
13. Stevie Ward

14. Rob Burrow
15. Kylie Leuluai
16. Ryan Bailey
17. Jamie Jones-Buchanan

Starting the season with a proper number 9 has to be progress on last. Let's hope he turns out o be a shrewd acquisition.