19 Phil Joeseph

Decent backs but your pack looks pretty awful.

On looking at their potential line up, they do have some decent backs, but your right other than masila their pack is nothing compared to ours. It maybe tight to start with but hopefully with our far superior pack power we should be able to dominate half way through 2nd half. What we have to do is keep the penelties to a minimum as piggy backing them up field is the only way I see them troubling us. If we do this then I see a routine win. But as we all know with hull it's never usually as clear cut as that. But I can't wait now roll on Friday

I think we should target Josh Jones he's only just come back from union so could be a weak link get big Frank running at him he'll poop his pants

I can't see Salford being able to go toe to toe with our pack, to cause us problems they will have to play more expansively, and that's not easy to do in the first week in February. If we were playing this game in July I might be more concerned, but I think this is the ideal season opener for us.

We won't carve them up like we did Rovers last week, but as long as we remain patient and our support play is as good as last week then we will be absolutely fine.

I'll go 38-16.

Hull by 20

Must win game even at the start of the season. No reason we can't win reasonably comfortably if we approach with the right attitude. Hull by 2 to 3 scores

my head says hull by 16pts, my heart says any win even by 1 point lol

Score: 34-16
MOTM: Big Frank



I don't think we'll destroy them as they have some decent backs but with their weak looking pack, i think we'll win. Can't believe how much i'm looking forward to the game, haven't felt like this in a good couple of years! C'MON YOU 'ULLAAAA!

This as got bubble burst written all over it!!!!! Really excited for the game though

You're bubble will be intact. Far too much up front for them to handle.

Yeh I think so to, just been here so many times before

Who said we'll be playing a forward battle?

You probably wont, but you still need to get the ball out of your own 20 , 30, think youll struggle to make the meters. If you can manage to play the game in our half with a good kicking game, youll cause us problems, and with dobson, theys a chance you could do that for periods of the game, just not enough, I hope

Fair play if we do decide to go up the middle we will loose by a fair margin. But from the performance last week against Hull 90% of our tries were scored on the flanks. I know we might not have the quality forwards you do but with Carney, Jones, Sau and Griffin making the metres.

Will be very interesting, cant wait! I think we'll win, but I certainly wouldnt be suprised if we didnt, I think you guys will go well this year

I really don't think these first few matches say an awful lot about the season ahead. Look at Waky last year, beat both Cas and KR then lost the rest bar the one against you.

That's kind of what I alluded to in my post. You will need to play expansive rugby and it's easier said than done when; a) it's the first game of the season and you are still knocking the rust off, and b) it's a cold February night in Hull.

Yup, in 2009 we won our first five then only won five more for the rest of the year.

Look at our first game last season!!!! Nilled hudds at they place and I thought we was on for the double ha, takes a few weeks for teams to get into they stride

Exactly

We scored a fair few tries out wide the other week as well. Even with our backs.

We have have enough on the left flank to keep Pritchard quiet .

Most sides in the nrl couldn't keep Pritchard quiet last year. And I doubt many super league sides will either. You may think you keep him quiet but that probably means it's opened up outside of him after the defence as rushed up on him so catch 22

Unlikely we'd score many out wide without them