Could force an interesting change.

if he does miss out;
1) Cockayne
2) Fox
3) Collis
4) Mellars
5) Lyne
6) L. Smith
7) T. Smith

Tbh, i can't really think of an alternative?

Smith to F/B and Wood to S/O or give Kay a go at S/O?

Would like to see Kay on the wing again

Not a problem area, god only knows what yardage Fox and Cockayne get us. Fox deserves a huge pat on the back IMHO for recovering from a big dip in form earlier in the season. The wing as they say ain't broken so don't fix it. Key for me is not as good as either of them, but that's just what I think.

I agree but I meant if Cockayne did go to fullback I'd like Kay to play on the wing.

Wise words from a wise man and one who speaks with Richard on a regular basis, i would have to concur with all that is written

Whatever happens please no wood at stand off. Doesn't work.

Agree-can't see Wood at SO, I always thought Kay was a SO not a winger so why not give him a go. Always have the option to shuffle the team around a bit and put L. Smith to SO if it doesn't work with Kay.

Kay instead of sykes end of. If Mathers was available i would just put him there but he isn't.

If Sykes is injured Lee Smith at 6, Lynne on wing and Cockayne at full back with Mellars in the centre.

I think lee smith at s/o like he played 2nd half at cas is the best option, shuffling the back line to put cockayne in at full back as his positioning for kicks is generally very good as is his ball return yardage. Wood is not a stand off and would offer nothing to the team, he offers little off the bench at the moment

Tbf to Wood, he never made it off the bench against Widnes

to keep things tight defensively he might keep the team as it was last week but switch Washbrook to SO and play an extra forward. Not saying that is what he should do but its a possibility. I would keep Smith at FB in the absence of Mathers and I'd leave Cockayne where he is.

I think Kyle Wood off the bench as sub hooker works OK but I think he proved against Hemel that he hasn't got the game to play in the halves (especially at Superleague level).

I would leave Smith at fullback when defending but move him up to stand-off when on the attack (which is what we seemed to do against Hemel).
As someone else suggested you can put Washy at 6 and effectively play an extra forward.
Cockayne offers too much from wing to start messing him about IMO.

Totally agree - our exit sets are built around quick metres from Cockayne and Fox and they both do a fantastic job in that regard; it would be potty to mess around with that.

Splendid!

Goodness, get a room you two!

Think Cockayne can run the ball in from the play the balls just as easy playing full back than wing. His kick returns would be an added danger to Catalans the more involvement he has with ball in the hand the better as he's one of our most dangerous players.

It's also important to have our most experienced players against a strong Catalan so Lee Smith got to be 6 and a strong proven fullback has to replace him - Cockayne. We're lucky we have some classy backs that can play a few positions. Lynne and Wood out of 19 for me as we didn't need Wood against Widnes another forward such as Molloy may help more with go forward which we struggled away against them with.

A large room!

Er back on topic, and thats Paul Sykes.

Of all the teams for Kyle Wood to start against, Catalans for me would be near the bottom of a prefered list.

Lee Smith to 6, Cockayne to fullback, take your pick on the wing from Mellars or Lynne.