Reported in the HDM that he'll miss a large part of the season due to injury. Feel for him. He's had bad luck with injuies together with personal issues and it couldn't have come at a worse time as he needed to be playing to earn a new contract.

It leaves our squad in terms of forwards even more depleted.

The lack of another experienced front row will come back and bite us with Fash being our only viable replacement on Saturday
Many of us have said we only need injuries to two of our bigger first choice front rows and we are then left with very lightweight replacements given Masi is now out for 2/3 months

Isnt that the same with every team, take 3 props out of any SL squad and they would be weak.

We l be fine.

Taylor
Satae
Sao
Fash

Ain't bad it's when you lose two of Taylor, Satae or Sao we start to look light.

Also have Savelio who brings size and power if needs be at prop.

Brown and Bowden back after this game, I'm sure wel Cope

Apparently we tried to sign Remi Casty so we do have cap space and we do recognise that we need another hard nut. I'd guess the club are watching the Championship with interest.

not sure we tried but according to Brett Hodgson he was discussed

What a load of tosh, we have plenty of size and cover. I really rate Fash and he will cause problems for Salford, Masi will be back raring to go.

Brown and Bowden both will be back over the next couple of weeks.

We will be fine.

Fash was tremendous today. Gives BH a headache if Bowden available.

I think Fash would have played anyway at Fev as Hodgson looks to give some game time to fringe players
I any case Ligi Sao looks like he will miss next week so its good we have Bowden and Brown back
Missing our two halfs backs is a bit of a problem but likely to move Connor and Carlos into the halfs giving a game time to Connor Wynne and a full game for Scott.
Alternatively he could leave Connor at Full back and play Danny Houghton in the halfs with a game for Johnstone
Expect Faraimo to also come in

Mcnamara? We are going to need to rely on the kids at some point, this is the ideal time to give him some game time alongside a firing and confident Connor.

Tight pitch at Fev and they will come at us strongly with their big forwards and whilst i agree the cup will be a good time to give some fringe players a run it will still be important to win.
Just think it would be better to have some bigger stronger halfs for this match as its likely to be a very physical game

I definitely see your point. If its anything like the last time we played there it's not going to be a place for the faint hearted that's for sure! Connor will be the main man in terms of pulling the strings. A strong ball carrier like Tuimavave alongside him might work well.

I still think I'd give Mcnamara a shot though. I'd like to think that even if our attack is a bit scratchy we will still have far too much firepower for them with our pack and the likes of Griffin and Fonua putting us on the front foot. So even if he does struggle it could be a valuable learning experience for him.