The bookies have the Robins starting minus eight on the handicap with Bradford priced at 2/1 to win outright.

Seems about right to me.
If we play as we left off from Saturday then I'm more than confident that we can keep up our unprecedented record of winning away.

It's certainly a game which IMO will be won via both sides big robust packs of forwards laying the attacking platform for the backs to capitalise.

Hard to call this one because on paper Bradford and Hull KR are both evenly matched.

No Kopczak for eight weeks.

FFS, Just when we're starting to get some bodies back.

Kearney
Crookes
Lulia
Platt
Kear
Sammut
Jeffries
Hargreaves
Diskin
Manase
Whitehead
Bateman
Langley

L'Estrange
Scruton
Burgess
Addy

I'd go with Joseph instead of Addy.

He tries and gives 100% but he's just well out of his depth imo.

Kearney
Crookes
Lulia
Platt
Kear
Jeffries
Sammut
Scruton
L'Estrange
Hargreaves
Whitehead
Langley
Bateman

Diskin
Manuokafoa
Burgess
Joseph/Addy

Joseph is a hard one, I like him but he missed too many tackles. Stepped too many times and Bateman had to clean up for him. Ratchford targeted him and almost got through if not for Bateman so I'd be tempted to just pull him out of these tighter games.

Well we've just lost our best prop, so you might as well forget about winning this game.

Joseph shouldn't be anywhere near the 17, even with our list of injuries. He offers nothing going forward and is a liability in defence. I'm actually concerned that somebodyat our club even deemed him good enough for SL.

You never know, if Manase steps up and Scruton gets nearer his best we could still be in with a shout.

Put it this way about Joseph, what does he offer that Addy couldn't?

Free drinks.

1. Kearney
2. Kear
3. Lulia
4. Platt
5. Crookes
6. Jefferies
7. Sammut
8. Hargreaves
9. L'estrange
10. Langley
11. Whitehead
12. Bateman
13. Diskin
14. Manuokafoa
15. Scruton/Addy (Have to remember, he will probably miss this weeks training)
16. Joseph
17. Burgess

I would really like to see Diskin & l'estrange playing together for longer.

Manase carried 90 metres on Saturday, same as Koppy. If Scruton performs as he did 2 seasons ago, 67 metres a game instead of 37 so far this season, and Tom performs as he did last season and does 89 metres a game instead of 55, then Koppys carries are covered. tackles where we are only short by a few, and would need a few more from Manase and Scrutton than their performances so far this season. Our defence is critical and certainly Lulia and Platt were massively better against Warrington than against Wigan, and that is going to be key to stiffling KR. Given our recent form, and the better quality opponent we have played, those stats a KR fan mentioned do not tell the whole story. What is key is whether the mind set of recent games is taken into the KR game.

Addy it is then.

I hope he takes this chance to shine because his performances in the U20's haven't really stood out.

Certainly look like it.



Hopefully Elima will be back sooner rather than later as we're now down to the bare bones in the forwards.

If Langley and Kearney fail fitness tests this week it leaves us looking like this:

Sykes
Crookes
Platt
Lulia
Pryce/Ainscough
Sammut
Jeffries
Scruton
Diskin
Hargreaves
Whitehead
Bateman
Addy

L'Estrange
Burgess
Manoakafoa
Somebody without a squad number...

I don't think that's going to happen, they just got 'knocks' I think. No mention yet of 'proper injuries' a la Kopczak and Kear

Also Walker will be back I think, plus maybe Sibbit

Pryce or Ainscough in for Kear, whoevers been better in training.

Id go with Gledhill in for Koppy, Adeybull to replace Kear

Ewwennorfolk in to replace Platt and Bullseye on stand by at Half Back,

Everyone else to fetch shirts just incase needed (shorts and socks provided)

It might come to this if our luck doesnt change!

God help us.

I'd back you to do a better job than Herbert

Pryce, Scruton and Walker to replace Kear, Kopzack and Joseph.

Really fancied us beating Hull KR

Damn

hopefully your injury list will start to lighten, its a nightmare when the fans are expecting a good season and injuries hit,

With our shocking injuries, I have a feeling this could be a "two steps back" game. I hope not. I really hope we can kick on from Sat.