Turgut was on the bench last night at Caravan Park and although he scored a try also made a couple of basic errors. With him not starting the game last night I believe he maybe required for Bench duties on Thursday night?

Squad announced, Bowden back, which is a good boost and offers good impact off the bench, if he isn't fit, then Turgut gets last bench spot.

Hearing Hicks is the Ref. Wonder if he'll blatantly favor the home side as much as he did on Sunday.

1. Jamie Shaul 2. Mahe Fonua 3. Carlos Tuimavave 4. Josh Griffin 5. Fetuli Talanoa 7. Marc Sneyd 8. Scott Taylor 9. Danny Houghton 10. Liam Watts 12. Mark Minichiello 13. Gareth Ellis 14. Jake Connor 15. Chris Green 16. Jordan Thompson 17. Danny Washbrook 19. Steve Michaels 21. Sika Manu 22. Josh Bowden 25. Jansin Turgut

2. Jodie BROUGHTON 3. Krisnan INU 4. Brayden WILIAME 6. Luke WALSH 7. Richie MYLER 8. Sam MOA 9. Paul AITON 10. Rémi CASTY 11. Louis ANDERSON 12. Justin HORO 13. Greg BIRD 14. Julian BOUSQUET 15. Ben GARCIA 16. Thomas BOSC 17. Jason BAITIERI 18. Vincent DUPORT 19. Mickael SIMON 21. Iain THORNLEY 23. Alrix DA COSTA

Strong Catalan forwards, but backs quite week so i would be focusing on attacking the edges

Storm Doris to batter Hull and East Riding on Thursday with heavy rain and 80mph gales
According to HDM

It should pass by kick off but might disrupt travel plans. Sounds horrible.

From that squad I'd go for 1-15 with Connor replacing Kelly and a bench of Green, Bowden, Manu and Washbrook, thoughts?

Manu has to start
Shaul
Fonau
Carlos
Griffin
Talanoa
Connor
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Manu
Minichello
Ellis
Subs
Bowden
Washbrook
Green
Turgut

That would be my first choice 17 currently, its going to be a physical battle as usual against Catalans.

yeah their backs are a bit unbalanced - they've got issues at fullback, will bosc be playing there? hope sneyd and connor can exploit it.

losing escare to wigan was a blow for them too i would guess. should be a good forward battle as well

Thompson for Turgut on the bench for me - Thompson did nothing wrong at Wakey and impressed in some of the pre-season games. Turgut not done enough yet, to get into the First 17, but his time will come.

Cant see Radford leaving Thompson out
Agree with your line up but Thompson for Turgut on the bench

im expecting catalan forwards to slow the ptb right down due to the conditions and hicks allowing them to!

Yeh completely agree, people putting Turgut in front of Thompson need to have a word with themselves, clueless

Just under 13k sold according to the club, great effort!

Totally agree, Thompson was amazing last year, outstanding in pre season and probably our best forward against Wakey, I'll ignore the fact he missed the most tackles in the team and made 48 metres from 10 carries boasting an impressive 4.8 metres per carry.

No way should a young kid with far more potential who impressed during pre season play in front of Thompson.

I have no problem if Radford plays either, but to call people clueless and have a word with themselves when it isn't really a silly choice, had made you look a bit stupid .

hopefully a few pay on the dayers should get it over 13k then

Wow, weather is going to be terrible. It look like it will really test the pitch drainage!

Forecast to be heavy rain at the start of the game at least.

Conditions will suit us more surely
We had a dress rehearsal at Wakey

Don't know, forecast keeps getting worst. Virgin Trains just cancelled tonnes of their trains for tomorrow.

Did i say Thompson was all that? I like Thompson and at only 26 still think hes got potential to be a good forward. How many SL games as Turgut played? and as he really impressed? bit over the top Dave, arguably Thompson looked better in pre-season. No way against a big aggressive Catalan side should Turgut get the nod in front of Thompson, from a fans point a few that is clueless. If Radford decides to go with Turgut, fair enough, he sees them in training every day and must see Turgut in front of Thompson, you dont, so yes, at this moment in time, from what the fans have seen, clueless is appropriate

Any rumours about game might be off??? Weather looking shocking at the minute and only getting worse according to the news!

Its Rugby!! Man up, put a woolly hat on

, to be fair, think its going to get a lot worst, but hopefully Doris as ducked off by 5

I see the Sporting Life RL website has had a makeover.

I'm surprised they've fallen into the common trap of employing a 2 year old to design it, or is it just me who can't find any fixtures/results sections?

Maybe you now need to register to use it?