No mentioned Griffin as MOS.

Really can't see us getting anything from this game with our props missing.

Travelling today won't help either, which I think is madness.

Travelling in and out today is not madness its the way most teams are doing it now.
What is madness is the flight time scheduled for 07.00 which means some players up at 04.00 this morning.
A later fight time arriving for lunchtime would have been better.

This would allow no contingency in the event of an issue with the aircraft for example.

Kelly on the bench with Brown, Lane and Nzoungou.

Thompson & Ellis @prop, Houghton plays, the rest at expected.

Wynne, Logan, Tuimavave, Griffin, Faraimo, Connor, Sneyd, Thompson, Houghton, Ellis, Manu, Minichiello, Westerman.

Subs: Brown, Kelly, Lane, Nzoungou

Kick up the backside for Kelly then?

Can't see why. Big job tonight gonna be hard but as long as the lads give it a go. Be interesting to see how the young guns go

Joe Westerman injured in warm up. Hadley to LF

I really fear for us this evening.

We are at 2003/4 level of absentees.

It's crazy isn't it? Sky describing as 6 props out, Westerman out in the warm up and Minichiello taken a heavy knock.

Dont agree
If the flight was say 09.00 giving the players 2 more hours sleep it still arrives at 12.00 local time
kick off 18.00 local time.
Plenty of time for lunch and warm up