Chris Annakin
Tinirau Arona
Joe Arundel
Matty Ashurst
James Batchelor
Mason Caton-Brown
Anthony England
David Fifita
Liam Finn
Scott Grix
Craig Huby
Tom Johnstone
Danny Kirmond
Reece Lyne
Jacob Miller
Mikey Sio
Bill Tupou
Sam Williams
Kyle Wood

Cc needs to have bloody long talk with kirmond cos his performances have been rubbish

Toupo on the wing, Arundel in . Drop Kirkmond, Batch and Anakin play. Finn Captain.

Scott Grix
Tom Johnstone
Bill Tupou
Reece Lyne
Mason Caton-Brown
Jacob Miller
Sam Williams
Craig Huby
Liam Finn
Anthony England
Matty Ashurst
James Batchelor
Mikey Sio

Chris Annakin
David Fifita
Tinirau Arona
Kyle Wood


Kirmond and Arundel to miss out for me

Perhaps I have missed it, but does anyone know the problem with Allgood ?

Think he is still struggling with concussion which is a worry for everyone.

Thought it was reported he broke a finger in training!

That's what I'd heard too

These Aussie props are soft, broken finger !!!! strap it up - simple , would never have stopped John Burke and Trevor Skerett. Hope Allgood is not from the same school of thought as Kirk and Anderson.

I don't think they're in a position to be crying out for him to play, so it makes sense that he spends time getting over it and getting his hand back to full strength. I'm sure there would be plenty on here who would bag on him if he played too soon and dropped loads of balls.

Cant see Chester dropping Kirmond, even if he is theoretically most "at risk".

Id go with Arundel at centre and Tupou on the wing or, move Lyne onto the wing and use Arundel and Tupou in the centres.
Apart from that, the 17 almost pick themselves.

Im sure it was Allgood that played with knackered thumbs for quite a few games at Hull KR

Been one of Kirmonds biggest fans - that chase back against Hull away few years ago when no could be d sums him up to a tee- but those two and half years of playing injured sadly have taken their toll.

Funny that Kirmond topped the tackle count against Hull. I think 49.

When Chester signed Grix he said he was a leader on the pitch, Well give him the armband and lets see There needs to be authority behind the posts when we are stood behind them not someone with their hands on hips saying nothing.

save them all for next week outside chance we might win that one

Any chance you might shut up and save your breath till the next decade when there's an outside chance someone might care what you've got to say

We are +12 at most bookies ... we are usually anything between +20 to +40 when we play Saints away so the
bookies seem to think we have half a chance.

I think we'll win. We tend to win games like this.. Saints haven't been nothing special, don't think they'll do much this season tbf.

Scott Grix
Tom Johnstone
Bill Tupou
Reece Lyne
Mason Caton-Brown

Sam Williams
Liam Finn

Craig Huby
Mikey Sio
Anthony England
Matty Ashurst
Danny Kirmond


James Batchelor
David Fifita
Tinirau Arona
Kyle Wood

That's who I'd go for

It's a bold strategy, and I'm not saying it won't work, but I can't see Chester starting with just 12 players.

Hey it could work - meant to put Anakin in

2 specialist number 9s is a must quite why were trying to go against modern day conventional wisdom and play 3 half backs is beyond me. It's time the coaching staff made a difficult decision and drop one of either Miller, Williams or Finn.

I'd be tempted to start Batchelor and use Annakin for impact.

Scott Grix
Tom Johnstone
Joe Arundel
Reece Lyne
Tupou / Caton-Brown

Jacob Miller
Sam Williams

David Fifita
Liam Finn
Anthony England
Danny Kirmond
Matty Ashurst
Mikey Sio

Craig Huby
Kyle Wood
Chris Annakin
Tinirau Arona

Batchelor + Caton-Brown/Tupou to miss out.

Not sure I would put Batch in for this, I would be more tempted to blood him at home next week against a “lesser” team.

I would like to see the Arundel Johnstone left side partnership reinstated that was working so well last season. That would mean moving Tupou out to the right side where I think we could make the most of his best asset, strong hard running on kick returns. I just don’t think he is a winger’s centre which, when you have the best young player in SL from last season out there, doesn’t make any sense.
I would also like to see what MCB can do in a competitive fixture hence I’m not 100% who I would go with.

Stick with Miller / Kirmond this week but they really need to be put on notice that their performance so far isn’t up to scratch. Give them a chance to prove wrong and see if that gets the right reaction, if not, hook next week.

Start Fifita for the first 15 to match up to Walmsley / Amor with instruction to get his hands on the ball as often as possible and run hard and straight. Aim to have Huby on for the remainder of the first half. Closely monitor second half to get Fifita back on for maximum impact.

Just my thoughts. I’m actually looking forward to this one, quietly confident of a win.