Huddersfield have injury problems and could have 5 missing according to League Express. Mind games?

Shaul isn't going anywhere least of all the NRL, as good as he is in some respects his deficiencies elsewhere to me mean he wouldn't be a target. Watts and Taylor plus Connor are the players most likely to be looked at but good centres are ten a penny over there.
I thought Watts last year was easily in the top four of all available English props either here or the NRL and it was a disgrace he didn't go to the WC. Hope he has another great season and refs/RFL actually bother to understand what is happening in the tackle and make decisions that are equal for all players not just based on an outcome.

not mind games, seems the injury curse that has hindered us for the last two years is still with us

mcgillvary, cudjoe, symonds, wakeman, mellor, simpson all out

sam wood and jake wardle two younger members of the squad also out.

leeming and ikahihifo havent even had a pre season game due to being injured also so hardly a good prep for round 1

Those two caused us problems last year I seem to remember.

Did marcus die? I well remember him wandering around the boulevard bumming fags off people and swearing at anyone who so much as looked at him



They wouldn't put up with that at the KC. Far too sanitised

I was terrified of him!

13K tickets sold now.

Squad:


01. Jamie Shaul
02. Bureta Faraimo
04. Josh Griffin
05. Fetuli Talanoa
06. Albert Kelly
07. Marc Sneyd
08. Scott Taylor
09. Danny Houghton
11. Dean Hadley
12. Mark Minichiello
13. Josh Bowden
14. Jake Connor
16. Jordan Abdull
17. Danny Washbrook
20. Brad Fash
21. Sika Manu
23. Mickey Paea
25. Jansin Turgut
29. Masimbaashe Matongo

No Watts (illness) and Green (knee surgery).

No Carlos either.

Shaul
Faraimo
Connor
Griffin
Talanoa
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Bowden
Mini
Hadley
Manu

Fash
Masi
Paea
Washbrook

Abdull and Turgut to miss out

i would have abdull on the bench possibly over washy

Mini, Manu, Taylor and Bowden have had no pre-season games so the bench, for me, needs to be all forwards

Abdul could play LF, so it's like another forward.

My bench

Fash
Bowden
Turgut
Abdul

As the squads are now, both teams have 3 players out, no excuses game on.

Can't believe Radders has left Tuimavave out of the 19 squad, lets hope he hasn't made a mistake !

So you believe LR has dropped Carlos?

no mention of injury so maybe he has gone with griffin and connor

Referee: S Mikalauskas

I'd be very surprised if this was the case.

Same here, although Griffin has impressed in pre season, maybe he thinks he deserves a game, not sure it's the right decision, but radders see's the players more than we do, so have to go with his judgement if that is the case

Club have also put a reminder out that home games now kick off at 7:45PM

Thinking about it, he must be injured, otherwise he would at least be in the 19, to keep Hudds guessing a bit.

Although going my Radfords 19's last year, he could still play.

I did here yesterday that Shaul was a doubt.

I agree that Griffin has put some effort into pre season.For me he is the ideal off the bench impact player.
Something must be wrong with Tuimavave he is far superior to Griffin and its not the best way to treat a player that you are trying to extend his contract knowing he could easily more in Australia.
Maybe more also to the Watts situation than reported illness.

carlos might be under the weather there's a lot of flu around at the moment. i've just had it and you don't want to leave the bedroom never mind play 80 mins of rugby

Sorry to be a bit slow. How is Tuimavave being mistreated again?

A bit obtuse. What's the situation with Watts?

Not bad going though. First match of the season and putting negative inferences out on 2 of 3 players not in the announced 19 already. I thought Watts had an infection but interested on the inside track...