Probably the opponents we would have wanted.

Same for us really, both sides will fancy their chances, you're probably favourites at this stage.
The next few weeks at my local greengrocers / deli will be fun!

It's the draw that both sides wanted & should be a really good, hard fought game. Can't wait!

Agreed, should be a Cracker!

So hopefully we came through Wakefield unscathed. Will have to watch the lottery, sorry MRP, this week to see if we lose anyone to suspension. Hopefully Jerry will be over the flu, Hill and tui back for this. If all the rest are available then I expect
Tui
Jerry
Wardle
Leutele
Senior
Russell
Fages
Hill
Levi
Greenwood
Jones
McQueen
Yates
English, trout, Wilson Goulding
Unless Seb is back in which case Seb on the bench.
That’s a very strong squad if we can get it!
We WILL have to improve.

Worked out well for us, we are improving and have virtually full strength side available, and Hull KR were nilled by Leeds. Hull KR are a flair side, we will struggle if they post points early because our game is all about the grind and taking chances. We do need Tui and Pryce to have an X factor in attack because although we are good at what we do, we are very predictable, and score 90% from kicks and short crash balls. This really will be a clash of styles, we will win if they chance their arm and fail, and they will win if their off the cuff stuff sticks.

Matty English suspended. Vete suspended for KR.

Gutted for matty- absolutely gutted.
If Seb is not available then likely Bruno will take up that bench spot.

If the game develops into a hard grind forwards battle, Hull KR will miss Vete far more than Huddersfield will miss English.

I’m not so sure they will. The KR fans seem to think he has been a bit of a poor quota signing

Hard one to predict this Rovers are more adventurous and if get going will be hard to contain, we are more functional with occasional flair thrown in - need to get our early season form back for this.

We should have our first choice spine back for this though.
Having Tui, fages, Russell, and Levi as our spine all together will make a big difference I think.
Some solid work horse players such as Yates, hill and Jones with the likes of McQueen and leutele who can do the hard work defensively but give some flair also going forward.
KR potentially have their two best players out (if the Coote stuff isn’t just kidology) and a host of others such as dagger, vete not available either.
IF our players can play 80% of their best game we can be in the final- the rest of rugby league will hate it.

Why on earth would you say that. Do you have a complex??

sorry, I should have said the rest of rugby league except the West side of Hull will hate it.


Its not me that has a complex, its the rest of the game that has the tiresome repetitive dig at our crowd numbers - so if I have a complex its one that's been forced upon me by the words and actions of others, even though we are above wakey and salford in crowd numbers - yet no one seemed to make the same comments we are already hearing when salford got to two finals.
the ones that do come are just as frustrated at the lack of numbers, and we try to do our bit, but barring dragging people off the streets what can you do?
huddersfield sports teams could well be in a playoff final and a CC final in the next few weeks!

hull kr fans are worried they are claiming we are going to be missing
English and Pryce to suspension and possibly Russell, O'Brien, Greenwood, Mcgilvary, Lolohea, cudjoe and Golding

It looks as if, like myself, you are registered on the HKR unofficial fans forum. The forum is referred to by Hull FC fans as the 'secret' forum which is quite hilarious really because there are many of their own supporters who have accounts on there, some active, others dormant. As the forum is for HKR fans to post/comment there are a few Hull fans mischief making or devilment who actually post as ' Rovers fans'. The particular post (not posts) is one in that category. HKR fans are well aware your suspensions apart you are very likely to field a full strength team and be favourites to reach the CC final. HKR have a lot of injuries which is a shame because i believe that both teams at full strength would have competed in a close and entertaining game.

I am still expecting a very close game. Tony Smith is no Mug and is more than capable of getting KR to a final whoever plays. A few missing just gives a few others the chance to shine. I am by no means expecting a win here, especially in light of how we have played recently. I do hope though that having what should be our best / most settled spine, and not having to play a short turn round for the first time in three weeks will help us play our best rugby.
I never understand this insular forum stuff like the cas furum and red V, its just an echo chamber and not healthy in my view.

This forum is OK IF everyone behaves themselves, it's when some 'fans' have multiple accounts and others with no interest in the sport try to 'goad' supporters of rival teams. Then there are the keyboard warriors and WUM's. It's no wonder that some fans have their own club forums to discuss topics of interest regards their own teams without, hopefully, the nuisance posters. Looking around these 'independent' boards there is far, far more traffic on these forums and generally the conduct is conducted in a 'grown up manner'. A lot more fans participate in discussion on more topics on Saints, Wigan, HKR, Castleford and even the Salford board.

Bookies seem to have Giants as strong favourites for this game. Not sure I agree with strong at all but I think it's hard to argue that we are not favourites, especially with Coote out in addition to other absences. I still feel this is two closely matched teams & it will all be about who handles the occasion best. I feel very nervous about us having the favourites tag, it's not something we've coped with well previously & I just feel KR's strengths with creative off the cuff rugby & ability to make the most of broken play exactly match our main weaknesses. However, I do feel we'll just about edge this one if we maintain composure & stick to our processes.

our main issue the last few weeks has been we have gone from completing our sets very well, to making some shocking handling errors with the line begging - possibly fatigue? we cannot afford to do that on Saturday and need to take every chance we can to get points on the board as the chances to do so will be few and far between.
our discipline needs to be spot on too.

KR 21-Man Squad
2. Ben Crooks
3. Brad Takairangi
4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5. Ryan Hall
7. Jordan Abdull
9. Matt Parcell
10. George King
11. Dean Hadley
12. Kane Linnett
13. Matty Storton
14. Jez Litten
15. Luis Johnson
16. Korbin Sims
17. Elliot Minchella
18. Jimmy Keinhorst
19. Will Dagger
21. Rowan Milnes
22. Will Maher
23. Ethan Ryan
25. Greg Richards
28. Will Tate

our team is out - and its a very strong 21.
only English missing from a sure place in the 17 I would say. Good to see seb back!
Jermaine McGillvary , Jake Wardle ,Ricky Leutele ,Ashton Golding,Tui Lolohea., Theo Fages ,Chris Hill
Danny Levi ,Michael Lawrence, Josh Jones ,Chris McQueen ,Luke Yates ,Joe Greenwood ,Owen Trout
Sebastine Ikahihifo ,Adam O'Brien ,Oliver Wilson ,Leroy Cudjoe ,Olly Russell ,Innes Senior,Jack Ashworth
i can see us going
Tui
jerry
wardle
leutele
innes
russell
fages
hill
levi
greenwood
jones
mcqueen
yates
Seb, trout wilson or bruno and then I think he will go for golding on the bench as he gives us cover at 9 and across the backs in case of injury.
nervous but looking forward to it!

Agreed. We're not a team that can be anything less than our best of we want beat KR. I'm hoping the extra time off from playing on the Thursday helps us get over any fatigue but more importantly allows us to have cleared the flu bug that's clearly affected our performances.

Yes, it does make you wonder if the double whammy of flu lurking in systems and short turn arounds explains our rather lacklustre performances over Easter.
KR will have the crowd behind them- but our lads will be used to that. Hopefully we can keep them quiet- apart from the usual booing that you inevitably get from that lot of course!
Seb and Hill will be nice and fresh in our forward pack, as will Tui.- which will bode well.
Dagger isn’t as dangerous as Coote and is liable to making some silly mistakes at times so hopefully we can exploit that, he may be a bit rusty first game back in a while too so we should look to put him under pressure as well as push their forwards hard.
They like to play the ball about, so we need to stop the offload. We need to play the game on our terms not theirs. The ruck battle will be interesting. Most KR fans seem to think they have that well won. Parcell is a very good player- but so is Levi.

Could be a cracking game this, I love watching KR under Tony Smith, in my opinion they're the most exciting attacking team in SL.

I just hope we have a really good go and don't shoot ourselves in the foot. Whoever wins will have a task in the final, but I'd be happy for the trip to London

Any idea how many tickets we've sold?