Hopefully Achurch will drop out, Keinhorst shuffled to back row. Baldwinson in for Delaney if he's not fit enough to play

Hardaker
Golding Watkins Moon Handley
Sutcliffe Lilley
Galloway Burrow Garbutt
Ablett Keinhorst
JJB

Falloon Delaney Mullally Singleton.

If everyone in the 19 is fit enough to play we should go with

Hardaker
Golding
Watkins
Moon
Handley
Sutcliffe
Lilley
Galloway
Burrow
Garbutt
Keinhorst
Ablett
JJB

Subs
Falloon
Delaney
Singleton
Mullally

I'd swap Falloon and Burrow around. Saints under Cunningham like to play a lot of one out rugby and we'll need a hooker who can defend to soak up the early pressure then let Burrow come on to attack the tired defenders later on.

I would too, but Burrow was MOM imo on friday and playing like that no way Mcdermott will change things for this.It will take us getting a hiding again for things to change i reckon, could be against Saints although they don't pose much threat out wide right now with the current three quarter line and it should be a close one.More than likely the Wire away game.

I'd leave Keinhorst in the centres and bring Moon in at 6 with Baldwinson in for Achurch. Sutcliffe in for Delaney if he's not fit.

No need to apologise but fair to say i think yer wrong he was weak defensively & average in contact with the ball so yea absolutely one of the worst.

Percival, Vea and Greenwood return to the 19 for Saints. So too finally does Lomax but saying they're happy with McDonnell at FB so they might play Lomax on the wing. Bit of an interesting one that if it happens, defensively might be a good target for us to go at with his lack of fitness and out of position.

yep, and saints do have a good pack.Still, if you can contain that as a team them game is there, we will see

When was the last time Delaney could actually be described as "fit"? Surely you mean "Sutcliffe in for Delaney if he's lost a leg and needs to miss a week to recover".

Fair enough. Sutcliffe in for Delaney if he literally can't get onto the pitch without a mobility scooter.

McDermott has confirmed Joel Moon won't feature despite his inclusion in the 19-man squad.

Need to scrap the 19 man squad. Pointless.

Agreed.

Completely agree its becoming farce made even more so when Coaches continually name players who have zero chance of playing.

He is to private health insurance premiums what a spotty 17 year old boy is to other motorists.

Faloon starts, Burrow back to halves, Sutcliffe on bench

Good to see off the back of last week's win he has decided to move our best player last week into a different position. I will never figure McD out.

Still, can't argue with dropping sutty.

shiver

Tbf the weather conditions last week helped and it's hardly like Burrow has turned into a certainty to play well at 9 off one game. Lomax starts on the wing and Walmsley on the bench for Saints.

Burrow at 7...

Whilst I can see the sense in starting falloon it should have been a straight swap, with Burrow coming in later to do what he did so well last week.

Really struggling to understand how that was a penalty and any different from any of the tackles saints did in our first set, seems we are not allowed to tackle them.
Going to be a long night.

getting killed at the ruck again.honestly, are they not talking about this in training?

Great 2nd quarter. Disappointed to only be level. Didn't think i would be saying that after 15

First half - terrible first 20. Grateful to some great defence from Keinhorst and some friendly refereeing on the Lilley drop to be only 10-0 down.

After that, much better with some good touches from Lilley and Sutcliffe and with Burrow killing them at dummy half. Hardaker having a bit of a shocker, hopefully better in the second half.

Even G1 might have to give Achurch a bit of applause for his catch and pass for the third try - though maybe it was an elaborate way of avoiding contact.