Fantastic performance with Griffin, Kelly and Ratu the stand outs. Crazy to think we stIll have Tuimavave, Mini and Ellis to come back.

Going into Rovers I think he’ll bring Tui in for Buchanan and Mini in for Fash. Harsh on Buchanan who had his best game for us so far last night but Radford seems to manage his young players game time and not rush them.

Shaul
Ratu
Connor
Tuimavave
Faraimo
Kelly
Sneyd
Green
Houghton
Paea
Manu
Griffin
Westerman

Taylor
Bowden
Mini
Savelio

Must be our strongest 17 all season.

Josh Griffin on fire yesterday:
2 tries
1 assist
190 metres
11 tackle busts
3 clean breaks
Av gain 11.2m
23 tackles (no misses)

Presumably in that team Savelio is being used in the middle again? He played a bit wider yesterday and I thought he was more effective. It's a very strong side though. My only concern for the derby is how much the heat and the short turnaround take out of us. Rovers are desperate, if our intensity isn't quite right we could easily get turned over.

Wonder if Mr Bennett is considering having two Hull Fc players as his centre(s) for Englands next international game.

Taylor to cover prop.
Bowden prop and 13.
Mini 2nd row.
Savelio 2nd row and prop.

Gives us plenty of options off the bench.

We could do a lot worse. He obviously isn't a big fan of Percival, and I can't see Reece Lyne being involved this time. He's not a bad shout for a squad place at least.

Just wanted to mention Savelio - best game for us so far yesterday I thought.

Yes. Not sure how much of it was because he was played in his best position and how much was down to him now finding his feet, but he looked really strong. I think he will do you a job in the front row but we definitely need him playing wider to get the best out of him.

I've been saying since we signed him that Griffin needs good, early ball and hes devastating. With a better link from the halves and being 1 man in really suits his game although you would say the same about any 2nd rower

This is the bloke who predicted Salford finishing top last year, I take what he says with a very large pinch of Saxa!

I know they're currently in a decent league position but if les cats don't improve quickly I can see macnamara coming under some pressure. They've been woeful since magic weekend

Played outwide instead of the middle that’s why.

Superb performance yesterday , some great tries scored and good to see we can do it without the experience of Ellis and mini, massive couple of months coming up , keep this intensity , consistency up and we could have a great chance in both comps

Thought Savelio played well and could well be a similar player for us as Willi Manu was. He needs to play out wide and yesterday proved it, hopefully now we have the likes of Bowden & Green back it allows Radford to keep him out wide.

…. LR said in an interview that Savelio wanted to play in the middle until his fitness and tackling had improved. "Tackling gets more difficult and the technique changes the wider out you play".

Being well managed then it seems.

You are reading too much in to it.

Can you trust these stats though Ratu's 4 clean brakes was 185 metres which means his other 8 carries only made 3 metres? no way .

..isn't meters made based on the ground gained after initial contact with a defender?

I thought it was metres made with ball in hand which is why the fb and wingers generally make plenty

That makes more sense, I just thought I'd read somewhere a mention of initial contact.

Players are training @Brid tomorrow, anyone know what time??

When the tides out

Hope we keep Greeny, he’s looked almost a different player, in a very positive way.

On his way to cas is the rumour