Meli - up to eight weeks Wilkin - up to three weeks Gardner - up to two weeks More fun times ahead. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_117 ... games.html

Meli - up to eight weeks Wilkin - up to three weeks Gardner - up to two weeks More fun times ahead. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_117 ... games.html

Quote ="Dux"Meli - up to eight weeks Wilkin - up to three weeks Gardner - up to two weeks More fun times ahead. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_117 ... games.html'" Yep. Meli 4-8 weeks. Can't submit early guilty plea. I expect Wilkin and Gardner to plead guilty. So therefore it will be Wilkin with a 2 game ban and Gardner with a 1 game ban. So for next week then, it will probably be Swift in to replace Meli, Percy on the wing, Jones at centre, and Hohaia/Howarth and Wellens at 6 and 7.

Quote ="Dux"Meli - up to eight weeks Wilkin - up to three weeks Gardner - up to two weeks More fun times ahead. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_117 ... games.html'" Yep. Meli 4-8 weeks. Can't submit early guilty plea. I expect Wilkin and Gardner to plead guilty. So therefore it will be Wilkin with a 2 game ban and Gardner with a 1 game ban. So for next week then, it will probably be Swift in to replace Meli, Percy on the wing, Jones at centre, and Hohaia/Howarth and Wellens at 6 and 7.

I think we should make the London game our youth round. Well, it worked in 2011 so maybe it will work next weekend?

It will take a lot of shuffling to get a team together.

Makinson should stay at #1 and Jones will probably move back to centre with either Turner or Percival moving to the wing.

Big question is who you play in the halves? Ashe/Charnock get called up (hope nobody says Swift) I reckon with Hohaia moving back to the halves. Howarth moves back to hooker.

Will be difficult this weekend!

I think Gardner should plead not guilty, his was more a collison with the shoulder that was difficult to pull out from than an actual premedated shoulder charge.
To a certain extent we are falling foul of the match being on TV, we will probably see more of the Gardner type tackle not on TV that will go through un reported.

What do you mean by the Swift comment?

I actually feel a bit sorry for Meli.

I know his ban will be irrelevant given his injury, but as a matter of principle I feel a 4 game ban would be slightly harsh. Yes it looked horrible on TV and it was a nasty collision, but there was no intent. Anyone who understands the game can see that. It was clumsy and instinctive.

I don't. He was an idiot and let everyone down big time. He deserves his ban.

Wow your full of yourself.
Dont rate Howarth one bit but we cant have all the kids playing so he'll have to play.
Super Lance In the halves patnering god knows who because Swift will have to be on the wing.

If a player gets injured during an illegal hit from an opponent can be replaced and that change doesn't count against the 12 replacements available during the game.

As this is the case I've always considered that if a player is injured making an illegal hit and that player receives a suspension, then any suspension received should not be served until that player is fully fit and available for selection. Only fair really.

I'd agree with that although these days players don't seem to be found not guilty!

Meli deserves a ban it was awful contact

That said I have never had him down as a dirty or cynical player & for me 3 or 4 games would be about right

He's not a dirty player. He's just stupid sometimes. Alas, being stupid is no excuse for what he did and he was very lucky not to have broken the neck of the Hull player.

Makinson
Swift
Percival
Jones
Ashe
Turner
Hohaia

Has Ashe played on the wing before? Either way, we're going to need a good defender on Dixon's side or else we will be ripped a new one.

PS: More likely to be Wello and Howarth in the halves, if last Saturday is anything to go by! With Hohaia as hooker.

The thought of Howarth and Wellens in the halves makes me feel sick.

It makes me sleepy. zzzzz.....

It makes me smile

its like your team of 2006 ! not so funny when its the other way round though!

If he goes with those two on Saturday then you would have to seriously question what is going on.

Literally anyone could see that neither of those two is a half-back, but putting them together really is depressing.

That first 40 minutes last week was shocking.