A must win ?

I guess pretty much all matches are must win from this stage of the season. Especially if we are going to have a crack at the SL title. A month ago it seemed like a good CC run was realistically the best we could hope for

Cats will be up for this one. Expecting a very tough and bruising match

Not really, would be nice though, but with Salford, Castleford and Catalans, I would have been happy with 2/3, thought we would get beat last week, with our side compared to Cas.

Funny side are Cats (more so than us), good side on paper and look great in some games and then truly awful is others, as bad our results have been , losing to London and Salford (By that much).

Griffin, Manu and Bowden back really strengthens us and I think we have to be favourites, but not overly confident.

A game where we could win by 50 or lose by 50. If we turn up then I expect us to win but they will be smarting after last week so well have to be on top form

Cats lost to London heavily and have another major player missing this week.
Surely we are in such a better mental state than the last time we won there.
Cats certainly aren't. Surely on paper we win ? Always best to keep a run going ala 2016

Its a problem then that we are playing on a dry grass pitch.

Expect a tough, close game.

Fully expect Kasiano to score at some point

Catalans are the marginal bookmakers favourites.

Win this one, and it really cements our top five hopes.

Wish I was going, a good mate who’s is there, told me a rumour that Sam Tompkins is not playing, only a rumour though.

Squad:

Jamie Shaul, Bureta Faraimo, Josh Griffin, Albert Kelly, Marc Sneyd, Scott Taylor, Danny Houghton, Josh Bowden, Dean Hadley, Sika Manu, Joe Westerman, Jake Connor, Chris Green, Brad Fash, Mickey Paea, Danny Washbrook, Ratu Naulago, Andre Savelio, Kieran Buchanan.

No Mini.

No Fonua

Foot injury which could sideline him for 2-3 months.

No Tony Gigot.

We have so many reasons to win this one
They’re in a bad state physically and mentally
We are in such confidence
Form counts for a lot and we have great recent form and Cats really don’t
Win this and we get further away from 5th meaning the week before Wire semi final could see crucial players rested
Lose and lose next week then there’s no chance of resting players and confidence wanes
So there is so much positive about winning tonight
Come on Boys !!!!!

We will win this one.

They are as unpredictable as we are, hope your right Fred

Would be a massive win for us today. We would go 4 points clear of Catalans in 4th and then 6 points clear of Wigan/Salford/Castleford who are all on 18 points.

I thought they had a lot of injuries but their squad numbers still include:
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Plus Kasiano, Tomkins, Yaha and Maria

Only 18 of the named squad travelled (HDM again), so someone dropped out at very short notice.

Griffin in the 2nd row.

Hadley not playing, although he did travel.

Shaul, Naulago, Connor, Buchanan, Faraimo, Kelly, Sneyd, Green, Houghton, Paea, Manu, Griffin, Westerman.

Taylor, Bowden, Fash, Savelio.

Surely wed have been better with hadley in the 2nd row or on the bench swapping with Griffin?

I disagree i thought Hadley was poor last game, got manhandled alot.

Catalans look well up for this.

They're 4th for a reason. Totally dominant in the first 10.

Awesome try. Bloody awesome.

Naulago is a beast.