Leeds - Briscoe, McGuire, Falloon, JJB, Ablett, Ward, Garbutt, Golding.

Hudds - Grix, Wardle, Brough, Ellis, Huby, Wood, Crabtree, Simpson.

Should be an interesting encounter with the injury lists for the two sides.

McDermott said pre Catalans that both JJB and Falloon had a good chance to feature vs Hudds (the former more than the latter) and if they didn't that they'd play vs Wigan the following week.

Yeah I heard that too, hopefully they are ready, if not 100% I wouldn't risk them

I can't believe that Sky Sports are showing a bottom of the table scrap between two sides on zero points



Seriously though who would have thought 4 weeks ago that these 2 sides would be pointless going into this normally tough derby game?

Rhinos need a win at any cost this weekend and irrespective of how they do it just to get some confidence going forward into some more tough fixtures in the coming weeks in Wigan (Away), Saints (Home) and then Tigers (Away)

No worries...Leeds will get their 'bodies' back (hooker and new temporary lead-by-example-captain); regain their confidence and beat a Wigan team that have no first choice hooker; a hopeless looking Saints team and a Cas team lacking their inspirational captain

Will brough and wardle miss Friday ? If so will be big misses for them

If we get he injured men back then I'd guess:

Hardaker
Handley Watkins Moon Hall
Sutcliffe Lilley
Galloway Burrow Singleton
Ferres Keinhorst
Delaney

Falloon Cuthbertson JJB Mullally.

Achurch Baldwinson

I would prefer having singleton at loose forward and Cuthbertson starting but having no big props is why we have Delaney at loose and Cuthbertson on the bench.

If Leeds lose against this Whipping Boy SL rabble next week, I doubt even the usual bullyboy suspects on this forum will be able to bully the rest of the forum into submission.

You'll be sticking 50 on us next week no trouble. Down to the bare bones is an understatement, don't forget we've also had robbo retire and yet to replace Ferres. If you lose next week l'll bare my in Burton's window!

Baldwinson deserves a shot deserves a shot as the pack was again not up to scratch last week
But the team we put out is gonna be irrellavent if our coach doesnt wake up and realise that without Peacock we HAVE to use subs properly, Mullaly, Achurch and Walters all doing less than 30 mins when were carrying an extra half anyway isnt good enough

PA said it could come down to who can put out the healthiest team

If non of our injured guys are back I'd like to see Baldwinson in for Mullaly. I think it's worth keeping Keinhorst in the starting line-up, he seems to play better when he starts.

Gary Hetherington has confirmed to the league express that none will return this week vs Huddersfield, Falloon and JJB will return vs Wigan.

Hopefully Baldwinson is on the bench for Achurch.

I'd have him on the bench as well but it wouldn't be in place of Achurch.

Who?

Bond.....James Bond. One of the secret service agents signed from Leigh and loaned back by M........ (Mac) Eyes only........ code word Horses Mouth

Is that the same Cas team that I thought were very impressive beating Hull away last week?
They didn't seem to be lacking Shenton too much to me.

Really enjoyed watching that Hull V Cas game so that makes a hit rate of around 2 in 12 so far this season (the other was the opening night)

It'll get better .... at least I hope it will.

I enjoyed it too. I don't know who does the scouting for Cas but they've done well spotting Solomona & McMeekin, Danny Orr maybe when he was down at the Broncos.
Cas show that you don't necessarily need the best players but good coaching pays dividends.
Not taking anything away from McDermott but I do wonder what Powell could now do with our players.
Interestingly he has two assistants in Orr & Sheridan, both decent half backs if not truly international class.

Anyone who saw the Broncos could have told you McMeekan was going to be a quality player. You don't have to be a scout, I mentioned it on here a few times...

It'll get better because the NRL starts on Premier sports.

In before William

JJB is in the 19 man squad in place of Hallas from last week. Still doubtful if he'll make the the 17 though.

Faloon has been a cracking signing so far. Taking his time coming back from a broken toe, they don't usually take this long to recover from, maybe worse injury than we have been told.

Hopefully baldwinson will get a game this week

I think we did enough in attack against Catalan to win the game. A similar performance with better application on defence should see us past Hudders. Their injury list is about as long as ours, the main difference is that a lot of the young players they are calling on don't have the experience of the likes of Sutty, Handley, Keinhorst or even Walters.

The piece on the club website about the 17 man squad for Friday lists the players currently out injured or suspended.

Only one it doesn't mention is Falloon. If you're a fan of conspiracy theories, have at it.