Might be good fun now Gaz Rayner has signed !!!

Not expecting to see many front line players but looking forward to the game. Fev are the best side outside of Super League so will represent a big step up for many of the lads who will be in our side.
I wouldnt think Dobson or Green will play so it will be interesting to see who plays in the halves. Bell will play i would imagine but will we see another youngster like Beharrall or Hardcastle alongside him or will Sandercock consider a positional switch for a current first teamer with a view to covering during the season if needed?

I actually thought we would see a lot of the first team players in this game. The type of game when we played Batley a few years ago were everyone pretty much played a part in the game with unlimited subs to give all the players some game time.

Yes, we could see most of the players given a bit of game-time to blow the cobwebs off. I just cant see Sandercock expecting his "stars" to play 3 friendlies in 3 weeks, unless i suppose his new game patterns are that different to Justins and he thinks that the players need game time to adjust.
I would deffo expect to see Clinton and Carlisle after their long lay off.

Galea and Lovegrove not playing

Have they had a strop?

Only allowed to take 6 Aussies over the border into Fev plus they couldn't fit in the fish van

Excellent news that the new regime is keeping the mighty Fish Van.

No point in throwing the baby out with the bath water.

I figure Sandercock will want to see how deep the new structures have become embedded, which is why I think we will see a strong line-up in the first half and then wholesale changes in the 2nd half.

The first trial game might even give an inkling about who is 'in' and who isn't 'in' re the first half formation.

Hope to go, can't wait to see our new players in action.

Does anyone know if it will be on Humberside?

It's mainly academy lads Playing

Aw is it not ganna bother going then

The team for sunday apparently

SAM LATUS
NICK JOHNSON
LIAM SLATER
DAVID SCOTT
KRISTIAN BELL
MATHEW BEHARRELL
JOEL CLINTON
KEAL CARLILE
JAMES GREEN
AARON OLLETT
GEORGE GRIFFIN
DAVID LEMON
LIAM WALKER
JASON NETHERTON
SCOTT WHEELDON
CURTIS PULLEN
RICHARD BEAUMONT
JAMES BEAUMONT
LLOYD OFORI
GRAHAM HORNE
TYLA HEPI

Well, If Craig 'MrPhilb' Sandercock says it's going to be academy lads, then it will be.

Paul T - HKR seems to think differently and he's been on the money more than once, get yourself there ginge, It's only down t' road.

Believe it when I see it.

Al wait till it's announced I think like going to Fev but not to see the academy wud rather wait for the Wigan game and derby

Craig 'Mr sandercock' Sandercock also says it's going to be mainly Academy lads too

Do we know wen the squad will be announced

Where?

Fev would be pretty unhappy with that.

We'll be very disapointed if it's academy lads, we want a proper game against front line players, if we wanted a walk in the park, we'd be playing another Championship team

I appreciate that the HKR first team would probably beat us comfortably, but I want to see us tested against a higher standard of team

I think it's a load of crap mate, personally.

I'd hope that Paul T - HKR's prediction of us fielding a strong first half team and then using the second half to scout our team depth is more correct.

Featherstone would never have agreed to playing us if they had any idea it would be an academy team, like you say, they could just play York for that. They're obviously hoping to test themselves against what should be a stronger team, a Superleague team and I hope that they do.

The result of a friendly isn't important, Morgan seemed to use them to just have us constantly defending sets of 6 on our own line and inevitably lose to lesser opposition.


I'm going to travel to Featherstone, I like the ground and I like the fans and I'll be disappointed to see an academy team get beaten by Fev. What would be the point?

The point would be that our young pro's would play against a higher calibre opponent than they have played previously. A great test for them. Our fringe players like Wheeldon and Netherton get first stab at stepping in to replace O'Hara.
I am excited at the prospect of watching that potential squad line up against the best side outside Super League.

So what's in it for Featherstone?

Hope you're right and I hope there's hundreds of you there, should be a great afternoon