Only change I'd make to that team would be swapping Clare and Campbell. He was signed as a fullback so perfect opportunity to give him a go there. Can always swap back during game if he's having a mare.

I think maybe why he dropped some of the youngsters is because we have a massive game against London next week and i think we need to go with the senior players for that. Disappointed O'brien will do 80 minutes again though.

Don't think Oakes did anything to lose his spot, to be honest, but he's still just a kid and shouldn't be playing first team rugby every week - he's a good prospect and he's being eased into the side, good coaching, imo.

That's true enough - but on that basis we're never going to give them much of chance. Almost every game against one of the weaker teams, we're going to be playing someone stronger the following week.

As the saying goes 'you can only play what's in front of you'

Why are we flogging O'Brien for 80 minutes against the basement team?

Oh I'd agree with easing him in, its just I'd play him this week against the weakest side in the comp and then pull him out before the London game.

We are practising with no halves so that next year when Gaskell has gone and we have Leon in his place but he has gone AWOL in the game as he does we will know exactly what to do. I can see their thinking - very clever.

Wouldn't be too surprised if we didnt try thomas at standoff alongside addy and move purtell back to either. Important as gettind a good result is, this is type of game where we have chance to give fringe players a chance.

Has Sammut ever played against us since he left?. Remember him asking no to play against us for wakefield and them not selecting him. Cant remember him playing against us for either london or workington last year either.

Now you mention it, I don't recall him playing against us since he left. Don't have the stats to hand though....if only we had a resident recently confessed super geek with all the stats to tell us definitively....

Both league fixtures in 2014. One goal in the first one at their place (23-10 to us on Feb 20th), two goals in the return fixture at Odsal (20-12 to us on Jun 1st). Crap both times as I recall.

I think Wakey had hoofed him by the time we got to play them in the two 2015 M8 fixtures. I don't have teams for those games cos I'm not as good at this as I prefer people to think.

I'm not the super geek you need but I am the super geek you deserve.

Just to be a bit contentious, it should be remembered that we did not play last week so perhaps some of them need the run out.

If I remember that one correctly, it was quite literally just a few days after he left us ....

For some reason I thought change of registration hadn't gone through in time.

I thought that too but going by [url=http://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12208/9166750/super-league-wakefield-sign-half-back-jarrod-sammut-from-bradfordthis[/url it was just prior to the season starting. It was his debut for them, but it was probably registration issues or summat Sammut related that prevented him from playing their first game against Salford.

Fwiw, without looking I believe Scruton also played against us on every occasion since too. Just noting it, someone above mentioned an ex-player who went to Wakefield asked for and received permission to not play against us. I don't think that's true.

It was lee smith, rumoured to be signing for us if we won mpg, who asked not to be selected against us. mentioned by chissit halfway down this page. I got him and sammut mixed up.

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Interesting, thanks. Didn't spot that at the time.

Didn't Sammut play and score against us within days of leaving and signing for Wakefield?

He kicked a goaled but didn't score a try. I seem to remember he went missing big time during that game.

Think it may be one of those unfortunate occasions when, 'best practice', clashes. The need to use the youngster in 'easy' games, against the need to give players returning from injury a game before the bigger match. Who'd be a coach?

Well no Sammut tomorrow as he's torn something in his leg. I can't remember what but there's a news story which you're more than capable of going out and googling for yourselves.

Let's just hope the Bulls can tear through Workington.

I was thinking the other day, been no news on Lovegrove for a little while

Wasn't there talk on london forum of him retiring due to repeated concussions on london forum before he signed for us?. Maybe the latest one hes got has made him think again about retiring.

Was that on the london forum?

And how violent is the London forum for that to happen. I'm not ever going on there.