3 Murphy

5 George

8 Korkidas

10 King

11 Henderson

13 Morrison

14 Lee

17 Johnson

18 Dean

19 Morton

20 Gledhill

21 Mariano

22 Howarth

23 Veivers

24 Davey

26 Wildie

27 Hyde

29 Griffin

31 Amor

Strong squad. Plenty of respect shown to Doncaster.

That doesn't look like many being rested

23 Veivers
29 Griffin
5 George
18 Dean
19 Morton
27 Hyde
14 Lee
8 Korkidas
24 Davey
31 Amor
11 Henderson
21 Mariano
22 Howarth

Subs
26 Wildie
20 Gledhill
+ 2 from
13 Morrison
10 King
17 Johnson
Can't decide who needs the rest more, Morrison, King or Johnson

3 Murphy
Nothing against Murphy but I'd like to see Morton and Veivers given a game this weekend to keep the involved. Murphy maybe in for Griffin if he is carrying a knock which looked a possibility the other day.

Thank god they have dropped Blaymire

Doesn't bode well for Penny, I'd have thought him a shoe in for this whilst frankly Smith might as well walk.

I'd agree with all that. I'd give Johnson a rest. King could do with the game time and Morrison should be on the bench ready only if needed to steady the ship if we are in trouble.

The same Blaymire that saved us last week, you know when he knocked Cockaine to the floor and stoped him going over the line

Tripped him more like

Really pleased we're going with a strong squad. We want to make certain of progression and not stutter through like we did against the Skolars a few seasons back.
I think we might go with Lee & Wilde at half back so that we can interchange Hyde & Davey at 9.
Lets hope we do a job and get a tidy home draw next round.

hyde's not a 9

Would have liked to see Anakin get a start after he has showed up so well in the under 20`s.

Not a 6, but who cares

There certainly seems to be a reluctance with this lad.

I'd have thought they'd have made an appearance as well. Appears neither has much of a future with us.

Also agree that Annakin should have been given a go in this one, maybe for Mariano who still seems to be carrying that thumb/wrist injury to me.

Vievers
Morton
Murphy
George
Griffin

Hyde
Lee

Korkidas
Davey
Amor
Mariano
Morrison
Howarth

King
Gledhill
Wildie
Henderson

Out of the squad picked I'd give Dean & Johnson the week off.

same but i'd swap murphy and vievers around

Why?

Murphy is a Centre who can cover FB, Vievers is a FB and as far as I'm aware doesn't play centre. Don't quite get your logic on this on - I can see why you might want Murphy at FB but Vievers at Centre - nah.

Vievers is in no way a centre. Played at Bradford and got rounded a little too easy. I rate him fairly but he lacks that yard of pace to cover tackle.

This can be compensated for and not be exposed as easily at fb.

Actually vievers does play centre

Penny hasn't played well in the reserves so doesn't deserve a match in the 1st team. Same with Smith. You'd expect these 2 to stand out (and in Smith's case boss the side) in the reserves but they don't.

When?

I'm not being a pedant but this is what it says on our site - Veivers joins the Wildcats from Wigan Warriors. A close season signing, Veivers is a goal kicking full back with an 80% conversion rate. Josh represented the Warriors in the Academy grand final last season scoring a try in the game. says the same on Wiki though SL has him down as an outside back.

I'm not saying he couldn't play centre but everything I read about him says specialist F/B and no mention of him being a centre. Hence me being unsure as to what value there is to playing both players out of position.

Murphy is down on our site as a Centre though Wiki has him as preferred position FB - however as far as I'm aware he sees himself as a centre long term - though I'm sure he'd take FB if that was on offer.

I'm a big believer in playing players in position where possible. Still it's your choice and it might work.

I would back Vievers like any player no matter where on the field they play but when he played on the outside vs bulls he was caught out and breezed past by more than one player who ran infront then outside of him.

At fb I think Vievers has played well when he was there first few Sl games.

Bradford pre-season.

and leeds pre season, didn't look to bad then at centre