tbh hame has improved over the last few weeks but hes a backrower thats where he plays his best rugby and where not seeing the best from him. personally id have radders and dowes on the bench because both deserve there spot but id also have hame on the bench but rotating with the backrow.

Two props with Hame and Westy rotating the back row. We will need to be dominant in the pack to have a chance.

phelps
whiting
gleeson
yeaman
briscoe
horne
long (if fit) or obst
o'meley
houghton
moa
tickle
manu
fitzgibbon

radford
westerman
obst (if long's fit) or sharp
dowes or lauaki

personally i can see longy playing with it been a sunday game aswell and will he play sharp or whiting on the bench
1.phelps
2.whiting
3.gleeson
4.yeamen
5.briscoe
6.horne
7.long
8.omeley
9.houghton
10.moa
11.tickle
12.manu
13.fitz
subs
14.lauaki
15.radders
16.westerman
17.obst

Phelps
Whiting
Gleeson
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Obst
Omeley
Houghton
Moa
Manu
Tickle
Fitz


Turner
Westerman
Lauaki
Radders or dowesy

I'd change Whiting for Sharpe and stick with dowesy Wolfie, think he's really grafted these last few games..! Radders has been carrying a few knocks, I'd save him for the derby as he should push himself that little harder.

I can see it being the same 17 as at Salford.

Hull: Phelps, Whiting, Gleeson, Yeaman, T Briscoe, Horne, Obst, O'Meley, Houghton, Moa, Manu, Tickle, Fitzgibbon.

Replacements: Sharp, Radford, Westerman, Dowes.

Awful first half.

Dropped balls

Shocking kicking.

We put one high ball up and Grix drops it, then we don't do again.

Lucky to be only 2 points down.

Must improve in the 2nd half.

Thank fook for Willie Manu

Agree there Dave, its lacking quality off both sides.

Worryingly Hudds seem to be making easy yards.

And how poor has Tom being under the bomb?

They are winning the foward battle, main difference is the kicking at the end of the set.

They have 2 very good halfbacks we have a hooker and a LF.

Horne is having a great game at FB though.

Not enjoying this game at all. Too many mistakes from both sides and we're looking second best in most departments. Surprised we're only 2 points behind TBH.

Did I mention that our edge defence is looking poor again?

awful today, you can look to the wingers but the full sliding defence has been poor.

Westerman and obst isn't working.

Needs to change

Seem to have forgotten how to pass as well. Back to the FC of the opening few weeks at the moment.

Not sure what options we have TBH.

Get Horne back at 6.

Or Turner

We've looked poor all around today. Briscoe has had a shocker, hasn't made as many yards in attack as usual and looks scared stiff under the bomb. 30 minutes left and we're still in it. Obst is having an extremely average game too IMO, showing why he's not good enough to be our number 7 full time if we want to challenge.

Boom.

Hope Grix is OK after that.

Poor decision.

Never a penalty.

Hope Grixi is Ok

Hope Grix is ok but it's a terrible decision, talked into it by Brown.

that was a perfect tackle, I have seen a worrying trend recently that our game is getting very soft
recently

Not convinced that was a high tackle myself - looked like it was Yeaman's shoulder that did the damage.

Not good seeing a player stretchered off.