George Carmont, Josh Charnley, Gil Dudson, Liam Farrell, Stuart Fielden, Brett Finch, Ben Flower, Darrell Goulding, Harrison Hansen, Gareth Hock, Jack Hughes, Epalahame Lauaki, Thomas Leuluai, Jeff Lima, Lee Mossop, Sean O'Loughlin, Pat Richards, Matty Smith, Sam Tomkins

Dudson and Fielden to miss out

will we go with 3 props on the bench......??? if so Hughes could miss out

Hughes and one of Dudson, Flower, Fielden and Lauaki to miss out - cant decide which one.

Flower and Hughes to miss out for me (unless there are fitness doubts for Dud and Fielden)... biggest pack possible to take control and let our backs do the rest

id go with this

we need to lay a platform for the backs to operate, it will be pointless if we don't respect the ball and don't see out sets of 6 and give away cheap penalties.. Cut the errors and the rest will take care of itself.

Is that a wish or a prediction? For me, I'd want at least 1 of them playing, if not both.

Not sure they're fit enough to face the Catalans pack.

Hughes and Fielden to miss out, sorry Stu you just ain't fit enough

Tomkins
Charnley
Goulding
Carmont
Richards
Finch
Leuluai
Lima
Smith
Fielden
Hock
Hansen
O'loughlin

Mossop
Dudson
Luauki
Hughes

Go BIG!.. Nice big starting pack, big bench aswell. Thought Hughes was fantastic against Catalan away and deserves another crack at them. Think Farrell has been average in a lot of games recently and hasn't added anything from the bench. If Lockers needs a spell in the halfs then get Hock at 13 get him more involved. Hughes can also cover the 3/4's and Luauki can slip into 2nd row if needs be.

Flower and Hughes to miss out for me.

Flower is arguably bigger than Fielden, no?

No, nowhere near.

I really hope we play Fielden, as a third or fourth choice I think he's better than our other options. He looked good to me against Saints, he made a lot of marker tackles and was offering himself going forward but not getting the ball a lot, which suggests he's not struggling to much. As long as we can spell him, and that shouldn't be a problem with Mossop, Lima, Lauaki et al fit, I think he can offer more than our other options and is definitely worth giving another, not entirely must-win, game to prove his fitness/ability.

Give Fielden two games and he'll be ripe for the GF, if we get there.












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Flower
182cm
108kg

Fielden
190cm
105kg

Yea, nowhere near.....

Where's that from? Flower can't be that big!!

When we announced him as a signing it was said that he was 17stone. I didn't believe it until I saw him up close. I think 15 of the 17 stone is in his legs.

If you think Ben Flower is as big as Fielden that's fair enough.

On an unrelated note here's a picture of Gil Dudson , who happens to be the same height as Fielden, and according to the official site is 4lbs heavier than Flower

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The official stats that are shown for the players usually need to be taken with not just a pinch but a very large dose of salt.

Heard Gaz won't be playing on Friday, hopefully not the case but thats that I've been told

From the same source that told you Sam was going to Wire?

No

Just checking

Shaun Wane said on RL Extra that Hock had a dead leg so was doubtful. Not too bothered if he's out. Gives him a rest for a more important game and gives Jack Hughes a chance and his best game of the season was away at Catalans.