Heard from a squad member today, Mona's at 6, g.o.b on the bench..and to expect saints left hand side to get a peppering.

In fact, is that the only time we've beaten them at the H&J?

I think it is yes. We both seem to prefer playing away in this fixture!

Entirely my view: the threequarters are the key to our success. Get the ball wide and early.

While I agree on the Hill point, Asotasi was only playing 15 mins or so in each stint while at Souths, and with Wood being out, will have to play much longer minutes. A lot of minutes coming for two of Riley/England/Evans, I just hope they are ready. No doubt when Wood and Harrison are fit again, it's a strong pack, but I think at the moment we are going in a bit light against very good Saints and Leeds packs.

I agree with Asotasi's minutes for souths but i dont think it had anything to do with his fitness. He had the 3/4 burgess brothers along with Geoff Lima also playing so the minutes were shared out. You could say the same about george and tom burgess, but they showed in the world cup that they could do extra minutes when needed.