The squad is:

1. Paul Wellens, 2. Ade Gardner, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Francis Meli, 6. Lance Hohaia, 7. Jonny Lomax, 8. Josh Perry, 9. James Roby, 10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 11. Tony Puletua, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Chris Flannery, 14. Anthony Laffranchi, 15. Mark Flanagan, 16. Paul Clough, 17. Gary Wheeler, 19. Andy Dixon, 21. Tommy Makinson, 26. Josh Jones.

Tony Smith's Warrington side will be chosen from:

1. Brett Hodgson, 2. Chris Riley, 4. Ryan Atkins, 5. Joel Monaghan, 6. Lee Briers, 7. Richie Myler, 8. Adrian Morley, 9. Michael Monaghan, 10. Garreth Carvell, 11. Trent Waterhouse, 12. Ben Westwood, 13. Ben Harrison, 14. Micky Higham, 15. Simon Grix, 16. Paul Wood, 17. Mike Cooper, 19. Stefan Ratchford , 20. Chris Hill, 21. Tyrone McCarthy.

Will being without the mercurial talents of Shenton qualify as a good enough excuse for losing do you reckon?

No? Bugger...

Interesting...think Flanno will slot in at centre and would be harsh to drop Meli or Makinson with their recent form for Gardner in all fairness. Think I would be tempted to go with:

Wellens
Makinson
Flannery
Jones
Meli
Hohaia
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Boof
Puletua
Flanagan
Wilkin

Soliola (massive impact from bench around 15 - 20 mins)
LMS
Clough
Dixon

I think wheeler will Keep the centre spot

Barring injury, if Flannery replaces anyone from two weeks ago it will be a travesty.

Really can't see Flannery playing centre. Rush doesn't seem scared of playing younger players, it'll be Jones and Wheeler, or if not Meli at centre with Ade on the wing. Really can't see him putting Flannery there. Wouldn't surprise me if Flanno took Dixon's bench spot though.

Correct.
As for Flanno In the centre,do me a favour!!!!

same as last time (assuming all are fully fit).

The only change we may make is Flannery in for Dixon. Apart from that it'll be same again, I can't see us risking Gardner now.

Let's 'ave it! COYS!

But he is a State of Origin player and does the little things that nobody notices.



Wouldn't be surprised to see him displace Dixon.

Think Dixon deserves to keep his spot.

Flannery bar a couple of decent games as a makeshift centre three years ago
has been pinching a living from Saints since he limped in to replace Hooper.

Can't understand the lover affair respective coaches have had with him.

Sia in centre

That would be a frankly disastrous move - we need his biff up the middle to stand any chance of winning, not lost out on the flanks. We'll inevitably be stuck with exactly the same lineup as last tine, with the only possible change being Flannery for Dixon.

Wellens
Makinson
Wheeler
Jones
Meli
Hohaia
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Laffranchi
Puletua
Flanagan
Wilkin

Bench

Dixon
Soliola
Clough
McCarthy-Scarsbrook

This.

Whereas I'm a big fan of Meli in the centre with Ade outside, Rush likes to keep things as settled as possible, so I think Wheels in the centre is the way they'll go.

Flannery will line up in the centres.

Unless Wheeler is injured this would be an incredibly strange move...

And you answered your own question!

Fair enough...

Game's starting to go away from us now and it's difficult to see how we're going to outscore them now over the last 20 - we needed to be sitting on a bigger lead from our first half domination and their try just before the end of the first half has done for us I think. Ho hum.

Waterhouse in. That'll be game over then. I actually find myself feeling very disappointed but I know an honourable defeat in the semi like this will be for the best.

I dont think we will. We lack that little bit of quality to break them down, especially on there own line.

Now we being robbed. Obstruction every day of the week. I'll be a Leeds fan for a week me thinks

Genuinely gutted for saints. Terrible vid ref decision at crucial time. Hope we stuff Warrington next week.

That didn't help, but for me the crucial decisions were the ones in the set of six Saints had leading up to Warrington getting a penalty. As Saints ran it out of their half, there were three PTB's in a row where the leg was lifted, preventing a quick PTB. Anyone of them could and should have been penalised. None were, Saints kicked on the 6th, Warrington got a penalty two PTB's later, marched downfield and scored. That was the turning point for me.

Me too.