According to Mullen you have a few out for Sunday.

Withers, paea, Paterson, Horne, brown, welham and o hara.

Lovegrove and griffin doubtful.

Paea went off injured against Wigan. Withers is banned. Brown, Horne and Paterson have been missing for the past few games. Welham and O'Hara wont play this season. Griffin played for Gateshead last weekend i believe, is a possible. News on Rhys. Shall we use it as an excuse now?

We'll be struggling to compete up front then, I fear. Shame, because it'd be a big 2 points for us. Still, you never know, dig deep, give their all etc, etc.

ET, J. Hodgson, Walker, Mika, Cox, Netherton maybe?
Bench - Beaumont, Hepi/Ollet, Carlile, erm...

Hopefully Lovegrove or Griffin will make it.

Another option might be to put Burns to 9, J. Hodgson to 13 and use Hall at 6. With Brown out though, that'd mean a recall for Caro.

Still think its 50/50, but we do now seem to have the edge into pack.

Still worried about Dobson and Eden though.

Think it will be close.

Hull Win for me. All our performances have come from a good go forward and without Paea I don't think we'll be able to match Hull's pack.

Hope I am wrong, but I think Rovers will edge this one, something like 30-24.

Paea possibly missing would be massive blow (for him and us) and could be the tipping point. But we've gone into a few derby games as the favourites on the back perceived/expected forward dominance. Yet, come game day it's been a complete different story.

Forget the forward battle for now, we need to combat Hull's effective scooting, kicking and territory tactics. If Hull are effective in these areas, they can be pretty hard to break down. For us, controlled discipline around the ruck will go a long way to helping our chances.

Aye, shutting Houghton down is a major priority, he usually kills us in derby games.

I think the team which has the better kicking game will win this one.

Dobson, in the past has really punished Hull (and other teams) with his all round kicking game.

Holdsworth and Houghton are both on form with the boot.

Will be interesting

Hopefully a good, competitive game with the winners being decided by performance and not by officials. A good pre-Wembley workout for some of our younger players.

Can only see a dull I mean hull win here to many injuries for us I'm afraid

I'll wait until the teams are announced before making my prediction, until then i think its a bit premature to start predicting a Hull fc win.
In fact, given the history of derbies and the total unpredictability of them, i think i will resist the temptation of having a bet on this one.

Is there any tickets left for east stand?

No don't think there was only 250 left for the ful ground

Bloody hell, thanks!

I got a east stand ticket for my mate yesterday it wasn't sold out

Best bet will be to give rovers a ring tomorrow, cheers for the help

How many does the well hold?

Are the away fans still in the same stand? The one half a mile behind the posts?

Not all

Only 250 left up to last nite

You'll be hugely more up for it than us. Like us against Warrington in the semi final. We also have quite a few injuries as well.

A win would be a bonus, but frankly I care more about not getting injuries, as do our players and coaching staff.

Hull KR's game to lose. Far more important to the red and whites this one.

It is. Hence why they will win the derby. Just means more.

It probably is a more important result for us - our main aim for the season is the play-offs, yours the CC final.

But you won't avoid injuries by not giving 100%. The only way to reduce the risk of injuries that would affect your chances at Wembley is by resting key players. I think you're unlikely to that because it is a big game for you. Win this and you can maybe risk resting a few against Salford. Lose and that becomes a much tougher choice.