We are due to play Saints 15 Aug - the week before the Challenge Cup Final. Assuming Saints get past Halifax do you think they will play a weakened team against us like they did yesterday?

Twice Saints have effectively gifted points to London,frankly a disgrace and no way to run a (alledgedly) pro sport competition!

No it's not

In answer to the OP original question, no I don't think they'll rest anybody against us as it's 10 days between playing us and the Challenge cup Final.
In all honesty, I'm fine with Saints fielding whoever they want, we've done it a few times, but surely the bigger question to be asked would be.....

Would Saints have fielded the same team if they were playing anybody else other than the team currently sitting last on the ladder.
No,I don't think they would.

They can't be seen to be giving competition points away to teams around them in the league.

They didn't have to rest 11 players, and if they'd have only rested a couple they would now be 12 points clear with 6 games remaining.

Let's face it, nobody's going to be helping us out of this mess.

cant moan when we've done it a few times. I'd have done the same on the plastic pitch with a good lead in first place

They made have mathematically secured top spot by then also.

Over the last few games some teams will start clocking off. Luck of the draw who plays who, although I reckon more teams will want to have a dig at us than London.

The fact we're in this mess is all our own doing though. If we'd played harder all year we'd probably have another 2 or 3 wins.

We should have taken 2 points minimum from the two home games against the Hull teams. We still have plenty of games at home where you would fancy us but we have to start getting the job done now.

In answer to the OP i do think Saints will rest a few against us but not as many as yesterday although i don't have any issues whatsoever Saints can do as they please they have already sown up part 1 of the treble attempt and you can't blame them for keeping players fresh for potentially 3 massive games.

I think the question is more would you beat us even if we did rest players?

right now I wouldn't back Leeds against ? you name them

St. Helens are one win away from theoretically claiming top spot, or will if Warrington lose to Catalan. They have nothing to lose then and they won’t risk players to a ban or injury so they will rest players without a doubt against us, whether they rest as many as they did v London remains to be seen.

They can do what they want as far as Im concerned, same as my feelings when they played London at the weekend.

We have done the same in the past and we'll do it again in the future most likely.

Are we having a week off from the torture?

Would think that we will not make many changes to the squad for the game v St. Helens but be surprised if Singleton isn’t banned:

Walker
Briscoe Newman Hurrell Handley
Lui Myler
Seumanufagai Lunt Cuthbertson
Ferres Martin
Merrin

Dwyer Sutcliffe/Donaldson/Ward/Peteru/Oledzki

Change Ferres for Ward and that’s a good one.

I really struggle with Ferres. We need his physicality sometimes but he always give dog*t penalties away every game too.

On balance I’d go with Sutcliffe, Martin, Merrin back row and then Dwyer/Ward/Oledski/Peteru on bench with Ava Lunt Cuthbo the starting front row.

Back line picks itself at the moment.

I think Hurrell May be banned for this....or out injured anyway if he escapes the judiciary

Reckon Hurrell will be sin bin sufficient though Singleton will cop a game or two. Ferres is playing as well as he ever has for us right now (not an especially high bar, I know) so part of me says it'd be foolish not to play him. That said, I want Ward to play some minutes before the season's out as it might clarify matters a bit. Be watching through my fingers whenever there's contact, mind.

Ferres has been very good since Cas away. Poop rest of time, and still needs to go, but justifying is shirt since Cas away, each week.

Peteru in for Singleton, Ward in for Donaldson

I just wish he’d stop trying to be a ball playing second rower and attacking out wide. Virtually every time he gets the ball out wide the attack is killed either because he’s too slow or because he tries something daft.
If he’d just put his head down and consistently drive it in further infield I think he’d be a lot more effective and then the halves can choose to miss him out with a pass if they want the play wider.

Ferries is good in defence at the minute but too scared to get caught in possession so offloads or even worse puts in crap kicks.
Better of playing suttclife and having peteru or big oggy on bench.

Singo gets two game ban so won’t be playing

Did Hurrell et sighted for his yellow?

Cant find the disciplinary results online

Looking forward to the Saints game , I hope Saints field a strong side