Jamie Shaul will be missing again on Sunday, he's set to be out for another month wih the effects of the second concussion.

Awful news, really hope there's no long term issue. He's looked excellent in the few games he's played this year.

I really hope he recovers fully from this. His health is far more important than being on the pitch. We're lucky in that we seem to have a more than capable deputy with young Conner.

Yep lump on, bet will be won by half time

Squads:

2. Bureta Faraimo
3. Carlos Tuimavave
4. Josh Griffin
6. Albert Kelly
7. Marc Sneyd
8. Scott Taylor
9. Danny Houghton
11. Dean Hadley
13. Joe Westerman
14. Jake Connor
15. Chris Green
19. Masi Matongo
20. Brad Fash
21. Sika Manu
23. Mickey Paea
24. Jack Logan
30. Danny Washbrook
34. Gareth Ellis
36. Connor Wynne

Chris Annakin
Tinirau Arona
Mason Caton-Brown
Jordan Crowther
David Fifita
Ryan Hampshire
Keegan Hirst
Justin Horo
Ben Jones-Bishop
Max Jowitt
Lee Kershaw
George King
Danny Kirmond
Craig Kopczak
Reece Lyne
Pauli Pauli
Tyler Randell
Ben Reynolds
Kyle Wood

Two decent squads, hooker was their weakness last game and they have two back.

They have a big pack and lots of pace we need to combat, but weak in the halfs.

I'd go with

Wynne
Faraimo
Carlos
Connor
Logan
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Masi
Hadley
Manu
Westy

Ellis
Griffin
Paea
Green

I suspect it will be Connor at FB again, but I'd like to see Wynne there again.

Jamie Shaul (head)
Andre Savelio (ankle)
Josh Bowden (knee)
Mark Minichiello (knock)
Levy Nzoungou (ankle)
Jordan Lane (knock)
Matty Dawson-Jones (knee)
Jack Brown (ankle)
Jack Sanderson (shoulder)

Plus Talanoa retiring. Crikey, 10 out.

Only 4 max would get into our first 17 though so we can't use the injury excuse this week.

Has Ratu been dropped?
What is the timescale on Savelio’s injury ?

Logan was injured for the saints game.

I'd probably have Lane in there, plus Talanoa. I guess them including Arundel on their list is similar. Interesting and close contest on paper.

Wakey have about 6, so not as bad as it looked earlier in the week, both first choice halfs is a big loss though.

Should be a good game.

You can only play with so many back row forwards though and talanoa doesn't play for the club anymore. Still don't see more than 4 changes if everyone was fit but that's a matter of opinion.

Having seen the impact it had on good Friday, I'd start Griffin in the centres, Connor in the halves and bring Kelly off the bench.

Agreed. They are above us in the league on points difference as pointed out many times last weekend, of course.

It is. It's a long list of absentees for us whichever way you look at it against a team above us. Challenge will be containing Fifita and Pauli Pauli.

Definitely. Bring Kelly off the bench and try to take advantage when their big lads start to tire in the second half.

Wynne, Logan, Carlos, Griffin, Fariamo, Connor, Sneyd, Tag, Mint, Paea, Hadley, Manu, Westerman Subs Ellis, Green, Masi and Kelly. Griffin to move to 2nd row when Kelly comes on.

Jordan Lane was in for a scan mid week. Hopefully he is ok but the last I heard he was still waiting to learn the full extent of his injury. As of the beginning of this week Jack Brown was fit and expecting to make his first start on Sunday. Not sure if he has had a recurrence or if he will be a late inclusion.

No look in for Jez Litten over Easter is harsh to say the least. He'd be daft to stay at the club any longer than necessary.

Brown twisted his ankle so another two weeks

Apart from playing against Saints.

Yeah I'm a bit more nervous now as our teams not as bad as first feared. You're right the loss of the H/Bs is a loss but is compensated for by the return of both hookers. So we have less excuses now

Didn't even realise. Still, a second rower starting at hooker ahead of you isn't good.

Maybe it was "tactics", we were winning 10-0 after 17 minutes, and Litten came on 2 minutes later.

I've nothing against Litten, I rate him, but Houghton is still a hard act to follow.