What does he do for Sunday, will he risk some squad rotation or just back all our players up? Been the odd rumour on here that Briscoe is carrying a knock, we know Fitz is fairly well shot at. Surely he'll rest these 2 as a minimum. I'd rest o'Meley too and if forced, would only let Manu duble up, starting from the bench.

We've got options in the back line, Lynne just bagged 4, Sharp playing against his former club, Horne n Obst back to the halves with Whiting to FB if Phelps not fit. Radford in for O'Meley, Westerman or Whiting to LF etc etc.

We're playing the worse side in the comp on current form, surely he should give some fringe players a go. Or will he go safety first?

Underestimate Quins at our peril, the more you lose, the closer you get to your next win.

1.phelps
2.whiting
3.gleeson
4.yeamen
5.briscoe
6.horne
7.obst
8.dowes
9.houghton
10.moa
11.westy
12.lauaki
13.tickle
subs
14.manu
15.radders
16.green
17.turner

Phelps
Sharp
Gleeson
Yeamen
Briscoe
Horne
Obst
O'Meley
Houghton
Moa
Tickle
Lauaki
Westerman

14. Dowes/Radford
15. Whiting/Turner
16. Manu
17. Fitz

he wont go with westy at 13 will be tickle like he did against widnes

Fitz, O'Meley, Manu & Briscoe are all playing friday night - wouldn't they need the rest of the weekend off?

We have enough players to allow this...

Phelps
Sharp
Gleeson
Yeaman
Lynne
Horne
Obst
Dowes
Houghton
Moa
Tickle
Lauaki
Westerman


Whiting
Washbrook
Green
Radford

It would be madness to play any of our exiles on Sunday, unless they do not play Friday night. This isn't a game of tiddlywinks you cannot possibly play two games at this level within 48 hours. Standby for an Agar selection special Orge, fitz etc all play. Personally, i think we are in for a tough game on sunday.

I'd go:

1. Whiting
2. Briscoe
3. Yeaman
4. Gleeson
5. Sharp
6. Horne
7. Obst
8. O'Meley
9. Houghton
10. Moa
11. Tickle
12. Manu
13. Westerman

14. Dowes
15. Radford
16. Lauaki
17. Green

Tell that to the SoO players.

Can you honestly see our players turning it on on sunday if they played friday night given our current level of success?

It happens all the time in Aus, don't see why it can't be the same here. I imagine most of the players involved will double up.

WTF is this game being played on a Friday anyway?

Surely it makes more sense to either play it on a Wednesday or call a blank weekend

I agree..the mind boggles!

Pick the side as if they won't be playing.

1. Phelps
2. Whiting
3. Gleeson
4. Yeaman
5. Sharp
6. Horne
7. Obst
8. Moa
9. Houghton
10. Radford
11. Tickle
12. Green
13. Westerman

14. Lauaki
15. Dowes
16. Turner
17. Kent

Not with the older players so much, Lockyer didn't back up origin 1 this year iirc.

Nor did Thaiday, buts that's brisbanes plan with rep players.

Should be our plan aswell then.

Why? St George didn't rest everyone.

Manu and O'meley may only play 40.

For O'Meley that's just about a full game. If we had to I would play Manu & Briscoe only, daft part about it is they're the 2 easiest to cover for.

I'd rest Fitz and Ogre for Sunday regardless of minutes played. We've got cover and want them freshish for Odsal week after.

All things being equal I'd stick Tom and Willie in the 17 for Quins.

phelps (if fit) / whiting
turner / whiting
gleeson
yeamen
sharp / lyne
horne
obst
dowes
houghton
moa
tickle
luacki
westerman

whiting / turner
manu
radford
green

i keep going on about it but i really do want to see how turner would do on the wing, maybe the perfect match to try it out ??? manu to be used as last resort. we cant underestimate quins, look what happened when wakey came to the kc.

Didn't realise that SL operated a streak breaker routine.

SL don't, but I'm pretty sure we do.

Thinking about it, we ARE SL's streak breaker routine.