Agar's squad for the Fev game on Sunday:

1. Richard MATHERS

2. Peter FOX

3. Dean COLLIS

4. Lee SMITH

5. Ben COCKAYNE

6. Paul SYKES

7. Tim SMITH

8. Justin POORE

9. Paul AITON

10. Andy RALEIGH

11. Ali LAUITIITI

12. Danny KIRMOND

13. Danny WASHBROOK

16. Oliver WILKES

18. Kyle TROUT

20. Reece LYNE

21. Matty WILDIE

22. Danny COWLING

23. Brad SINGLETON


Looks like we want the win against Fev and not too much youth in there. I thought he might have thrown a few more squad players in, although tbf, Fev will be no pushovers.

Agreed, Big Lad, cracking value for what should be a decent game of RL

Pretty much the first team squad - looking forward to it!

Pretty much first choice squad.

Booked this off work so I'm glad to see a strong squad out.

I so much hope it's not just to get bums on seats then change the team sheet at the weekend.

Excellent got my ticket and looking forward to it lets get there in numbers and welcome/cheer the new boys on...





NORTHSTAND HERE I COME...!! (sorry for shouting)

I presume there must be a school of thought that we should play first choice players against Fev and Saints to get them suited to each other etc. I would then think we will rest a few against Donny. How are the fringe players supposed to prove themselves ?
I just dont understand what Chris Anakin has got to do to get a game, would have loved him to have been given lots of game time in the pre season matches. He is reported to be training the house down, unless he has an injury it would have been great to see him force his way into the team on the back of undropable pre season performances.
I would also have liked a couple from the under 19`s to be given a run out in the pre season games.
I suppose RA wants to hit the ground running with a battle hard 17 against a very strong looking Bradford side.

If we lose this one it will take some explaining

It did say subject to change... so I expect that a few of them will have taken """bumps""" in training camp and a few youngsters come in instead. Hopefully ! Otherwise where else do young players show what they've got.

Have a word with Cas - they've already tried and tested all the excuses!

We'd better win now, or this will get quoted back at me for the rest of the season.

I'll get one in first, just in case.
The pre-season games are to give the lads a run out and try a few combinations, obviously some of the boys are just coming back from injury, so it was good to get them out on the field.
All in all, pretty happy with the performance, it's not about the result.

Marks out of 10 please

9.5 lol

Good stuff, best way to hit the ground running at the start of the season is to get them used to playing with each other again and to be freshening up on new systems and moves.

Lets hope putting a near full team out doesn't backfire on us!

Dont worry about that, just get down to Belle Vue and have an enjoyable afternoon, as long as you dont actually win

Looking forward to this game, it will be our first proper test too and a chance to see how far we have come, hopefully be as competitive as we were aginst Wigan and c*s last season

Glad Agar has put a decent, strong team out although, like some have mentioned quite suprised at how strong it is, our squad not announced yet, hope it is as strong as possible

Hoping for a win but a competitive defeat will do for me - just hope we dont do what we did against Leeds last season and ship 60+

See you Sunday!

Like you said depends on team selection on the day, I would like to think both teams will want to play a hard game with out the injuries for both teams, should be a good game and one other thing get your selfs sorted and into Super league..

The squad looks promising and would entice people to come and watch.

With 2 further pre-season friendlies to come (one being against Saints in what should be a big game for them) then we have to be careful. We don't want injuries or people to over push themselves as they strive for fitness.

A competitive open game is all we should wish for. Naturally we'd like to win but let's not get down hearted if we don't. Didn't we get stuffed by Hunslet in a pre-season friendly a few years ago and lose at Batley last year? No big deal.

Injuries are part of friendlies, you simply can't wrap players in cotton wool then expect them to be ready for SL. It's simply a risk all teams have to take.

The Hunslet game was hardly a good comparison as that was basically our A team. The point is that this is basically a full SL squad, hence it would be very embarrassing if we lost although not the end of the world.

Be interesting to see how Andy Ellis performs

£10 for pre bought Gold Member tickets is an excellent price, let's get Belle Vue rocking

I recon they will give us a good test as they have some tidy players among them and will help them judge what level they are at with a few new players in.
Its like a life time since we used to have some cracking games against them.

Looking forward to this game 2 strong sides, fev will be wanting to prove a point should be a good contest for a friendly