Loose Forward Danny Addy and Centre Joe Wardle are both included in Steve McNamara's 19-Man Squad to face Leeds Rhinos on Sunday. The two replace Brett Kearney, who has not recovered from the ankle injury he sustained at Wakefield last week and Jason Crookes, who injured his knee in last week's Under 20's victory at Belle Vue. Matt Orford returns to the squad but there is no place for Jamie Langley who has still not recovered from the Quad injur that has kept him out of the last four games. The Squad in full is: Addy, Halley, L'Estrange, Hall, Scruton, Sheriffe, Lynch, Reardon, Kopczak, Sykes, Menzies, Wardle, Godwin, Nero, Platt, Whitehead, Worrincy, Orford, Donaldson. www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/476 ... LS%20SQUAD

Loose Forward Danny Addy and Centre Joe Wardle are both included in Steve McNamara's 19-Man Squad to face Leeds Rhinos on Sunday. The two replace Brett Kearney, who has not recovered from the ankle injury he sustained at Wakefield last week and Jason Crookes, who injured his knee in last week's Under 20's victory at Belle Vue. Matt Orford returns to the squad but there is no place for Jamie Langley who has still not recovered from the Quad injur that has kept him out of the last four games. The Squad in full is: Addy, Halley, L'Estrange, Hall, Scruton, Sheriffe, Lynch, Reardon, Kopczak, Sykes, Menzies, Wardle, Godwin, Nero, Platt, Whitehead, Worrincy, Orford, Donaldson. www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/476 ... LS%20SQUAD

Both youngsters to miss out I would imagine.

Halley at 1
Sykes at 6

Witehead and Worrincy in the backrow.

massive blow langley or kearney not playing. i not confident at all now. i think unfortunately this will be too steep of a hill to come against. rhinos to win by 3 or 4 scores

I was half expecting Kearney to sit out of this one but I thought Langers would be back in the side, so that is a blow.

Exactly my thoughts

We really needed Langers and Kearney for this one. Oh well. Everything's an opportunity for someone.

It's a blow, but it's a team effort and if we play like a team then there is absolutley no reason why we cannot turn Leeds over on our home patch. Donno will get through a ton of work defensivley, we may just lack a bit of go forward.
I didn't expect a fully fit squad, but my confidence remains high.

Bit of a blow not having Langley or Kearney available - hope their back for the wire game

Halley
Sheriffe
Nero
Platt
Reardon
Sykes
Orford
Lynch
L'Estrange
Scruton
Whitehead
Worrincy
Menzies

Hall
Kopczak
Godwin
Donaldson

id love to say i was confident but with neither kearney or langley it will be too much for us i feel

the replacements aren't that shabby though are they?!

and as FA points out, it's a big opportunity for someone else.

Reardon for the FB role with Donaldson starting IMO.

Maybe we could play Leeds at their own game, and name Kearney and Langley in the team on Sunday!!

Lets not be downcast. We can still win this!

Deffo.

Got to play Reardon at full back and Halley on the wing.

Got to play Reardon at full back and Halley on the wing.

Why? halley looked comfortable at FB last week and reardon looked much sharper on wing too. Why swap it round when it worked?

I'd leave things as they are. They both did ok last week, some good and some bad. Without Kearney you have to leave well alone I reckon.

Effectively we're playing without our best back and best forward but at least with Orford back we should have a bit more direction and more variety in the kicking game.

The only change I'd consider would be Menzies at right centre but perhaps not now that Langley is out too. We need Beaver in the back row as I think Whitehead, Worrincy and Donaldson is a bit light.

Why, Platt was quality last week?


Halley
Sheriffe
Platt
Nero
Reardon
Sykes
Orford
Lynch
L'Estrange
Scruton
Whitehead
Worrincy
Menzies

Godwin
Hall
Kopzcak
Donaldson

losing kearney is a blow but its probably not to risk him being out longer if he's not 100% fit. Whilst obviously the alternative FB's arent upto his standard they arent shockingly terrible options either and dont forget kearney hasnt been our Fullback for last couple of games.. Likewise we've managed without langley for a few weeks now and the lads have muscled up well, so much so dare I say it that we havent particularly missed him?.
Having Orford back will go along way to compensate for losing those two imo. He's a better option in halves than kearney and should give us more direction. Its also very welcome news that l'estrange,nero and lynch are all fit to play as all were slight doubts.
We need a good performance from the pack but I think we've got enough in that team to win this one by a couple of scores imo.

Only change I might be tempted to make to that would be to let godwin start instead of l'estrange. He looked a lot more involved in 2nd half last week, when he was forced to get more gametime through kearneys injury, and lead us round pitch very well.
Agree with keeping donno on bench and bringing him on when leeds start to tire as think he's probably a bit faster than whitehead/worrincy and could take advantage of a tiring defense. Think key thing this week will be how we manage our interchanges. We cant afford to have likes of lynch and menzies doing 80 minute stints. Also we need to rotate worrincy as we seem to leave him on pitch a long time each week,maybe hoping he'll do something, but he needs a breather too. Weather looks likely to be a warm one on sunday so we need to play smart.

I wouldnt start Godwin. We need somebody to unlock the defence and IMO HL is better at that thn Godwin, who has a 1 dimensional game. Yeah we gotta keep our props and Menzies fresh, but Worrincy was off after 20 mins last week.

I'd start Heath aswell, but I'd play him 20 minutes a half rather than 30 & 20. It looks set to be a scorching day so Resting Heath and giving Godwin more time works both ways.


Even with Langers out I'm relishing it, a chance for all the Bulls to show us what they're made of.

I'd agree with that, but heath was a bit of a doubt for this match and hence carrying a bit of a knock. Thats why I'd bring him on for 2nd stint once rhinos start to tire and he can be more effective. Can't say I noticed when worrincy was interchanged last week. Was thinking of leigh game when it seemed like everyone but him was interchanged in 2nd half.

Less tinkering. From the usual first 13 Kearney is out and Langley is out so replace those two like for like and leave every one else alone IMO:

Reardon
Sheriffe
Platt
Nero
Halley
Sykes
Mr Ox
Scrutom
Le'Strange
Lynch
Whitehead
Worrincy
Mr Beaver

Hall
Kopczak
Donaldson
Godwin