when you consider hudds are doing OK with milner and golding at hooker it proves you don't need a superstar there

The situation with Okunbor is different.
The extra four players named are usually back up younger players or a young player promoted into the 21 to give them taste of what the build up is like in the first team.
Okunbor has been told he will not be playing and will play in the next reserve game

Bet Gaz could still do a job for us on Sunday!

Why have a rant like that when in your first paragraph you say “unless he’s injured” don’t you trust the NEW coach.

Answer to BP1 on Balmforth ..
There’s a clear obvious reason why he’s not selected..
They won’t pay his wages just to keep him from “ not playing “
He’s not SL match ready !
The squad needs a major revamp
Putting a rookie in the team won’t change change that.

Just seen Leeds predicted side and its probably one of the weakest 17's ive seen them put out. I know we are weak too, and think they will have too much for us at 1, 6, 9 and 13, but we should be giving these a game.


Not even going to try and pick a 17, no idea what do at hooker either.

I thought that when we played Leigh at home!

Leeds 1/8 on. We 11/2 against.

Leeds have a few missing but most of their injured players I've recovered heard of and most of their first choice 13 playing. I'm just hoping we can put in a strong defensive display and make a game of it

Leeds have probably 4 of their 13 out.

Newman, Handley, Fusitu’a and Bentley.

Just hope we are still in at half time. It's been game over by then in the last five games 4-30 v Leigh, 6-20 v Huddersfield in the Cup, 0-28 v Rovers, 10-40 v Huddersfield and 0-24 v Saints.

So do I. It gets very lonely sat by yourself for the entire second half

Hopefully better days ahead. However, in the meantime tomorrow’s team is weaker than v Huddersfield and slightly stronger than the one v Saints.

That should mean anything better than a 10-50 defeat is already progress!

Hope the club give Moy a run at hooker, that's where he played alot of his youth rugby.

Seems a more balanced line up, hopefully plenty of effort and doing the basics well will see us in the game with 20 left to play. Leeds spine will have far too much for us to get the win unfortunately.

I'd probably go for 32-12 win for Leeds , We simply don't have the players to score many points but I hope we see a big improvement in defence .

Gonna win

just like to see us score a try from open play

got it

That defence is shocking, you cant blame coaches for that.

Sutcliffe is absolutely terrible in defence. Jams in time and time again and leaves Martin with absolutely no chance. A senior player like Sutcliffe should be helping a youngster, not leaving him out to dry repeatedly.

Edit: sorry I think it was Tindall on that occasion. But in previous games it's been Martin

last tackle oprtion once again p--s poor

That try came from our holding down penalty machine Lane.

Charles has some passing game.