Byrne, Hall, Briscoe, Calderwood, Yeaman, R. Horne, G. Horne, Thorman, Dowes, Cusack, Maloney, Thackray, Berrigan, Houghton, Tickle, Burnett, Manu, Radford, Washbrook.

same as last week exceprt King has been replaced by Maloney.

King looked like a plonker last week, hopefully we'll see Sam Moa in there some time soon!

King will be out this weekend then, i bet he's over the moon

pretty strong team, though i think id keep king in

Is this a message to everyone that they need to perform or they are out?

Would have possibly given Kingy another week but at least this will hopefully keep everyone on their toes.

He'll be out on the lash on Saturday then,

he wont play till next week against catalans

www.hullfc.com/hullfc/contents/?p=2848 maybe they put his details from the Wigan game and it came out with "computer sez noooo"

www.hullfc.com/hullfc/contents/?p=2848 maybe they put his details from the Wigan game and it came out with "computer sez noooo"

Kingy is carrying a slight shoulder injury thats why he's been pulled from the 19 .

My team from that would be:
Byrne
Calderwood
G Horne
Yeaman
Briscoe
R Horne
Thorman
Cusack
Berrigan
Dowes
Radford
Tickle
Washbrook

Houghton
Thackery
Manu
Burnett/Maloney

Hall to miss out with one of Maloney/Burnett.

I'd be tempted to play Burnett and let Radford move up to prop if needed.

i thought it might be otherwise it would have been a great chance for him to get more minutes under his belt.
next week against Catalan (on paper) should be the harder game, so its only right he is rested for that, good chance now for maloney to show hes ready to challenge kingy for a place in the 17.

agree with you on that one Dave

Byrne
Calderwood
G Horne
Yeaman
Briscoe
R Horne
Thorman
Cusack
Berrigan
Dowes
Burnett
Tickle
Radford

Houghton
Manu
Thackery
Maloney

Thought Burnett was better than Washbrook on Friday so he deserves to keep his spot.

geven that Celtis weak point is the opposition running from dummy half i would expect Houghton to be on the bench

Thats how I see it as well.

thats right, kingy hurt his ac joint before last weeks game

I'd be tempted to go with just three props, with Dowes and Cusack both capable of playing pretty much the full game if needed, Thackray probably needing a bit more game-time than he had last week and Radford able to move up if necessary. I think it would be useful to get Washbrook a bit more time on the pitch, more important than giving Maloney a run-out (especially as both King and Moa will probably be ahead of him when available).

And I'd love to see Hall at fullback as his broken field running could be devastating against a sometimes disorganised Celtic line, but there's no way Byrne will be dropped.

byrne, calders, ghorne, yeaman, briscoe, rhorne, thorman
dowes, berro, cusack, radders, tickle, washy
bench: manu, houghton, maloney, thackray

would deffo go with houghton off the bench

king, motu, whiting, raynor, moa, burnett, hall and hopefully crocker

so still one or two to come back to strengthen the squad in the future if need be.

good points

I'd go along with that although going in with three props would be better and finding a place for Hall on the bench as I feel he would make lots of yards againt Celtic.

Having Houghton and Hall both coming on would give us excellent momentum going forward.

Bench of Thackray, Manu, Houghton & Hall then. Hell of alot of impact there.

Looks good to me, Washy could play the 80 and Radford could cover prop.

With G Horne going into the pack too (or Yeaman) when Hall comes on.

Sounds pretty good. (maybe a little bit harsh on Burnett though to miss out)

I wouldn't play Washy this week, if not needed. I thought it was a mistake playing him last week tbh. A pack of Dowes Berrigan Cusack Tickle Burnett & Radford, then the bench I mentioned should be fine. Don't think there is any need for Washy this week, just give him another week. Although I do expect Washbrook to play.