Clarke is weeks from being fit, he did an intrview in the league Weekly last week. He said that the bone is not healing properly. He said that because of where the break is it doesn;t get a good blood supply so taking longer to heal. Having another scan in a couple of weeks.

Mathers

Riley
Atkins
King
Hicks

Briers
Myler

Morley
Higham
Wood

Mitchell
L.Anderson
Bridge

Thompson
McCarthy
Solomona
Grix

Mathers

Riley
Bridge
Atkins
Hicks

Briers
Myler

Wood
Higham
Moz
Westwood
Anderson
Grix

Harrison
Thompson
Neal
Mcarthy

If Carvell is out for more than a week I would recall Cooper from Cas !

I'd go with

Mathers

Williams
Bridge
Atkins
Riley

Grix
Myler

Wood
Higham
Harrison

Anderson
Westwood
McCarthy

Thompson
Neal
Cooper (recalled if Carvell is out for a few wks)
Mitchell

Cheers for the update even if it does contradict it'self a bit "a week from being fit" "another scan in 2 weeks"

It doesn't - it says 'weeks from being fit'.

Blimey that is a relatively weak side/pack.

- Mathers
- Riley
- Atkins
- Grix
- Hicks
- Bridge
- Myler
- Wood
- Monaghan
- Cooper ( if recalled)
- L Anderson
- Westwood
- Harrison

- Solomona
- Higham
- V Anderson
- Neal

wouldnt risk briers , seems king and carvell both picked up knocks and i would also rest morley hasnt had a rest in ages and playing 3 games in 10 days over easter is tuff

mathers
riley
bridge
atkins
williams
grix
myler
wood
higham
cooper
landerson
westwood
harrison

subs:
thompson
monas
solomona
mitchell

more than capable of winning that one

Burke
Hicks
Blythe
Atkins
Williams (If Riley wants/needs a rest)
Bridge
Myler
Cooper
Higham
Morley
Mitchell
Westwood
V.Anderson

McCarthy
Grix
Solomona
Broughton

If after 11 games we're heavily fatigued, then God help us.

3 games in 9 days + training? i'd be abit cream crackered

Just play the strongest possible side, I suspect that there will be an announcement re the Carvell injury tomorrow and that Cooper will be recalled straightaway.

Does anyone know why the game kicks off at 4? Its not a complaint just curious..

So you can watch the televised game beforehand.

Its so the Fev hoardes can have a good swill before the kick off

Carv wont be playing for a while, quite bad from what i been told. If true Got to recall Coops surely.

I'd like to Williams given a run out in some shape or form. A lot depends on our injuries and how serious they are, if they are bad i believe we shouldn't play Monaghan, Carvell, King and Briers. Then look to plug the gaps with the likes of Mitchell, Vanderson, Thompson and McCarthy. However, if we do have any niggling injuries, Smith has got to be 100% whether it is worth the risk in playing them, as i believe we should be putting more effort into winning the SL rather than the Challenge Cup.

In an evermore competetive world of RL clubs should turn out their strongest team in every game. Look what happened to Huddersfield at Salford, they thought they could get a result with a weakened team and came unstuck. No greater incentive for the opposition if you treat them with contempt by playing second stringers. Despite modern claims that clubs now have first team squads, they don't.

Not if the second stringers like the Leigh lads and Cooper are itching to show Smith what they can do.

i'd like to see rhys evans given a game from what i have heard the lad is a rising star

1. Mathers
2. Riley
3. Blythe
4. Atkins
5. Hicks
6. Briers (if 100%)
7. Myler
8. Harrison
9. Higham
10. Neal
11. Mitchell
12. Westwood
13. McCarthy

14. Thompson
15. V. Anderson
16. Solomona
17. Cooper (if available)/ Wood

As good a team as Fev are, we should be able to blow them away with good direction and kicking game. Still a classy backline with enough fire-power upfront without burning out Morley/L Anderson

play our strongest team and don`t under estimate fevo

1 mathers
2. Riley
3. Vinny
4. Atkins
5. Hicks
6. Bridge
7. Myler
8. Morley
9. Higham
10. Harrison
11. Westwood
12. Mitchell
13. McCarthy

14. Thompson
15. Woody
16. Solomona
17. Cooper

Should be good enough to win comfortably , and more rest/recovery time for Briers, Monas, King, and a rest for louis anderson

Fev play next Thursday night on Sky against Toulouse and they have an extra day to recover so i'd expect us to field some reserves, sad because i'd like our strongest team out there and yours so we can guage how far behind a top team we are, although our players are part-timers.