The only real injury of concern other than the two players who are out long-term was John Davies, whose hamstring is likely to keep him out for a while. Bussey rolled an ankle and Leilua has a sore calf so we'll have to wait and see if they play.

I hope Leilua is playing. Be a nice test for our lads.

That handoff he did on the Hull KR fullback was hilarious.

Just what the doctor ordered ,a good tough game against quality opposition will set the lads up nicely for the campaign ahead .All well and good racking up cricket scores against much weaker opposition, but imo we need to be battle hardened as much as possible and hit the ground running in our first game of the season and give it to Les Cats with both barrels.I’m really hoping that a tough pre-season will stand us in good stead for the rigours to come and we keep in the battle for the full 80 ,if we can I feel we are a match for most and a mid table is achievable as long as Lady Luck shines on us with injuries.

TBH if they give us as good a game as Fax did I'll be delighted. I thought Fax were excellent, every bit as god as Fev looked, so those two combined will be good pre-season work out.

Think the HULL game will be mainly reserves but who knows.

Indeed, it probably didn't look good to some ie the giant ex-NRL player targeting the tiny young full back but it was his Samoan countryman Phoenix Laulu-Togogae and I think Joey's good friends with both him and his dad Quentin (QLT), they were having a good laugh about it together after the final whistle.

Joey looked some way off full fitness btw, think it's probably his sore calf that's responsible as he barely did more than jog when he made that interception, so we'll have to see if he plays or not on Sunday.

Actually we can be sure now Joey won't be playing, sadly his mother died over the weekend so he's returning to Australia for a short period.

Very sad news for him indeed.

I am looking forward to the game should be good for both clubs and I expect fairly strong team selection from both, injuries and niggles permitting of course.

Slight tangent I know but I've just read this weeks League Express and it would appear that Les Cats have a bit of an injury crisis of their own...Fouad Yaha has had shoulder surgery and is out for 5 months, McMeeken is out with a broken wrist, Tyrone May is recovering from a dislocated hip and Tomkins is recovering from a knee operation. Plus, I believe Pearce is still banned and not eligible to play against us ??

The downside of your post is that although Tompkins is recovering from injury, I have it on good authority it will not stop him refereeing the game unfortunately

Tomkins is a massive loss for them, they are a completely different side with him on the field IMO, although they have an exciting replacement in Morgue, they miss Tomkins influence on the team when he`s not playing.

I`m hoping that we can catch them cold and come away with 2 points.

Plus I read they did not start any pre season training till after the new year. But even with all those points in our favour we still need to be on top of our game.

The bookies are giving us 4 start and all in all , I think that's good , so I have had a few quid on us already.

Has the game sold out yet? Got my ticket yesterday

Does anyone know if Tanginoa is injured? Not featured in any of the pre season games so far. Also, interesting to see Proctor will be starting prop.

Tanganoa has an injury that he said would keep him out 2/3 weeks.
He did a small interview 2 weeks ago before the Fax game ..
So I didn’t expect him to be in the lineup for this weekend.

Quote ="Belle Vue"Tanganoa has an injury that he said would keep him out 2/3 weeks. He did a small interview 2 weeks ago before the Fax game .. So I didn’t expect him to be in the lineup for this weekend.'" Squad for Sunday https://twitter.com/WTrinityRL/status/1 ... 43/photo/1

Quote ="Belle Vue"Tanganoa has an injury that he said would keep him out 2/3 weeks. He did a small interview 2 weeks ago before the Fax game .. So I didn’t expect him to be in the lineup for this weekend.'" Squad for Sunday https://twitter.com/WTrinityRL/status/1 ... 43/photo/1

Proctor looks a bit heavier than he did in NRL which is possibly deliberate for the middle positions he’s now expected to play.

Can't say I noticed but if he has I'd suggest it's more due to him not having played for a year, give or take.

I think anywhere in the middle Proctor will do a proper job.

unless its a typo as battey is down at 13?

no smith, is he been given a rest?

I'd say that's wise against his old club, can get over emotional at times and that's where injuries happen.

No smith kelepi jai jorge jordy bowdan think they will play next week

The Fev squad has been named, there look to be a few that have been rested prior to the season-opener at Keighley next weekend with Johnno Ford, Connor Jones and Koppy all being left out. Joey Leilua is back in Australia on compassionate leave following the death of his mother whilst John Davies, Mark Kheirallah and Tyla Hepi are out injured. Still a very solid Fev squad though albeit with two very young halves, should be an interesting game.

It looks like the Fev fans are going in the Northwest corner (under the scoreboard) ?? as they are being told to use the Welbeck Street entrance which is the one we normally use to enter the North Stand https://wakefieldtrinity.com/key-matchd ... erstone-h/

It looks like the Fev fans are going in the Northwest corner (under the scoreboard) ?? as they are being told to use the Welbeck Street entrance which is the one we normally use to enter the North Stand https://wakefieldtrinity.com/key-matchd ... erstone-h/

All I want from these games is for them to be competitive but with no injuries for either team.

Although we’ve left a few out it’s a stronger team than we usually put out against them. Hopefully a good run out and no injuries.

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