Going to be interesting with Gannon moving forward. He looks far too good to be playing off the bench.

I agree.
But equally both Martin and Bentley have done well and we will rotate at some stage anyway.

Agree - but who do you leave out? Martin? Bentley? Good to see a bit of competition for places, in the forwards at least!

Huddersfield finally can name a 21 man squad with pryce back from suspension- but likely he won’t feature unless we have training injuries or Watson decides to try something a bit left field in the three quarters.
Pryce, leutele, Lolohea, fages, hill,Levi, Lawrence, McQueen, Yates, English, greenwood, trout, O’Brien, Wilson, cudjoe, senior, Russell, senior, mason, Hewitt, king,

Think we will go
Tui
Leroy
King
Leutele
Senior
Russell
Fages
Hill
Levi
Wilson
Hewitt
McQueen
Yates
English,greenwood, trout, O’Brien

Forecast for Thursday is perfect rugby weather- was a thrilling game last time round.

I'd personally go for this 17.

Myler
Fusitu'a
Hardaker
Sutcliffe
Handley
Austin
Sezer
Oledzki
O'Connor
Tetevano
Gannon
Martin
Bentley

Subs
Leeming
Prior
Walters
Mustapha/ Briscoe

I wouldn't through Leeming straight into starting he's missed a lot of rugby of last few months & O'Connor has been doing a great job as starting 9 in Leeming's absence and when Leeming comes on O'Connor could be moved to 13. I'd maybe have Briscoe on the bench to cover injuries we know how games can go like with injuries so having a back on bench could be beneficial. All our current forwards who are available can easily do big minutes so wouldn't be waste of a bench spot having Briscoe on there imo and would also ease him back into playing if he's required over next few weeks I'm play off push. Leaving Dwyer isn't a big loss imo as he can produce some magic at times buy that second half against Warrington we looked a worse team with him on Leeming can have same impact as Dwyer off the bench but is more steady in his decision making and pass selection imo.

Should be a good game but it’s on Wednesday,

No Smith?

so it is and I knew that as I’m elsewhere on Thursday so can do this game now

- - still good forecast!

Martin is first choice kicker and I'd argue our player of the year this year certainly a top contender, Bentley has improved massively since RS arrived, Gannon going great but still not 18 years old, it won't do him any harm to be on the bench or spell him every now and again. I think our back row of Martin Bentley and Cameron Smith is our strongest at the moment.

Myler
Fusitua Sutcliffe Hardaker Handley
Austin Sezer
Oledzki Leeming Prior
Martin Bentley
O’Connor

Dwyer Gannon Tetevano Walters/Mustapha.

Johnson Sinfield Briscoe

However I wouldn’t be surprised if it was:

Hardaker
Fusitua Sutcliffe Briscoe Handley
Myler Sezer
Oledzki O’Connor Prior
Gannon Martin
Bentley

Leeming Tetevano Austin Walters/Mustapha

Dwyer Johnson Sinfield

We cant go back to Briscoe in the centre!

That’ll be our team I think, Tetevano may start with Prior on the bench as that’s what Smith went with against Warrington

There was an interview where RS mentioned Fussy at centre, so that might be an option. I'd keep Myler at full back and Austin at half back though as I felt Austin went well last week.

We need to view this game in conjunction with both the Warrington and Catalan games. It's very unlikely Smith isn't going to do some rotating of the squad, especially the forwards. So I'd definitely expect Prior to start tomorrow with maybe Mik or Tetevano off the bench. If he genuinely is fit I'd let Leeming start with Dwyer on the bench and rest O'Connor and maybe Gannon.

Two wins needed to go into the playoffs in good form with confidence. Win tomorrow and we are halfway there. I’d play the strongest team tomorrow, rest a few in France, and then strongest team for Cas.

Smith has said he's going all out for this game and then assess where we are after in terms of form/injuries/tiredness etc.

Beat Huddersfield and put out our best side against Dragons and if we win we could finish above Dragons if they lose last game
against Wigan and we beat Cas. Take each game as a final and see how it goes we might end up at home in the playoffs its not impossible.

Really tough game tonight. Their greatest asset is their 80 minute grind down the middle. Coincidentally our greatest weakness. We'll need to play some football and hope passes stick. Looking forward to it.

Can do without fans who’d rather watch LUFC!

Really not sure on the value of briscoe on the bench and we may be a prop light

Yeh, very lightweight bench.
Why not Walters?

Unless Briscoe is looking strong and he'll be used for his yardage carries. I hope he's not in there to cover any?? over Fusitu’a

In Rohan we trust but I had hoped those sorts of benches were behind us.

I can sense an unused sub coming up as the forwards will be needed tonight.

We can call that ‘McDermott sense’