Sia?

The squad named seems to suggest that this will be the case.

Okerly Dokerly!

Royce Squad for Friday:

1. Makinson
2. Foster
3. Meli
4. Shenton
5. Wheeler
6. Gaskell
7. Lomax
8. TP
9. Roby
10. LMS
11. Wilkin
12. Flannery
13. Clough

14 Soliola
15 Laffranchi
16 Hale
17 Hohaia (not to be used unless injury to Wheeler)

Perry,Wellens,Gardner & Flanagan rested due to big game next week. (rotation is the key)

If one of the 19 is injured then you can always replace him with a player outside of the 19 - so Makinson or Foster could play

To put Soliola as centre to Meli would be a nightmare. Doesn't anyone remember the GF? Soliola is too slow and easily stepped.

Can't a player from outside the 19 be called up to replace an injured player? I thought the 19 was a guide rather than set in stone?

Awesome squad, it's a case of who do you leave out of the 19 and there are players not in the 19 who are easily capable of filling in. It's unlike us to be in such a position and we should enjoy it while it lasts.

I'd personally go with the same side as last week except Soliola in the back row, Flannery to the bench, Magennis to miss out. Should Wheeler miss out, Soliola to left Centre, Meli wing and the rest of the side stays the same. Imagine Puletua, Soliola and Meli on the left hand side? That could cause ALOT of problems for Warrington.

I agree, I wouldn't play sia centre, he's to slow and comes out the line to much and with the likes of briers playing that could be costly.

I'd put sia in the 2nd row in place of flannery, bring tommy makinson in the squad to play wing and move Meli to centre. (if wheeler out)

Great to see Sia back, hope he gets a great reception.

We agree on something!!!

Looks a really strong squad, and hopefully we will put in a performance like we did last Sunday!

Highly unlikely as our opposition on Friday won't underestimate us as our opposition on Sunday did. Warrington will turn up for the fight and so we will have to play two games consecutively with the right attitude. I wonder if we will manage it?

I'd put Soliola on the bench for when Perry and Laffranchi come off, gives us a bit of the grunt which dipped slightly against Leeds during that time.

How often do you see squad numbers 1-19 for the 19 man squad?

We wouldn't have a choice but to do that if that was the case. IMO I think Wheeler will play as I can't see how he would have made the squad if he wasn't available.

Especially without the extra back cover in the 19 just in case he did miss out.

Rush has said that they are giving him until the last minute to prove his fitness, so that will be why he is in the 19.

I think you can still call players from outside the 19 up can't you?

I'd prefer makinson on the wing and Meli switching to centre.

But like said above: there isn't the cover in the backs to suggest that he's still uncertain to play.

IMO they must be pretty confident that he'll make it.

leeds werent at the races on sunday but they also went into that game blind, they had no idea what we were going to do....most of us in the stand im sure couldnt remember the last time we played rugby like it was a joy to watch....MR and KC will have had an extra week with the lads but tony smith will have a far better idea what we might come up with.

makes for a great game

Sorry but that's a weak excuse and I'm sick of seeing it.

Fair enough to an extent it would affect them, but missing tackles and being generally poor just means that they were poor and not that they didn't have an effective game plan!

Or they have made an error by not putting in an extra back in the 19.

As would I.

I would hope to think that they have planned the squad with it in mind.