As we move on from our exit of the Challenge Cup we have a short turnaround and a long trip up to Cumbria to face Barrow in the 1895 Cup. John Kear has stated that nobody that featured today will play on Wednesday. The game is also being streamed on the OurLeague app.
Good opportunity for a reserve player/U19 to catch the eye. I honestly think a defeat will be good for us though. We're starting to look tired and this mid-week tournament won't help. The thought of playing in an empty stadium after the CC really doesn't appeal to me anyway.
Joined: Mar 03 2005 Posts: 9203 Location: Odsal Stadium
Yeh wise choice to give fringe players some game time. If we were to progress are all the games mid week? If so, I'd say it would be no bad thing to be out of this cup competition.
Not familiar enough with U-19s to fill in the blanks
Culling will play at centre/bench. Brown will make his debut. And Keyes will be in the halves/bench. Magrin is due back off loan. And Roche won’t be propping it.
BULLSBOY2011: 'Pain is temporary, Pride is forever!'
Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 32126 Location: The Corridor of Uncertainty
I'd be surprised if Keyes plays. I think Cobi Green will start. Flanagan and Peltier won't play either since they played yesterday. Magrin is down at Skolars so you can forget about him.
"If you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them," - Wayne Bennett.
Joined: Dec 31 2005 Posts: 4571 Location: Bradford
I really hope we don't throw Keyes in before he is ready
It's just not worth it - and for him then to have a reoccurrence (which he's had before, remember) would put in a massive dent to our season, given that Milnes is out for a while.
He should be coming off the bench, if he's even playing at all...
Joined: Mar 04 2005 Posts: 5880 Location: Bradford
Just play a mix of reserve/academy players and be done with this joke of a competition. Created for no other reason than to try and milk yet more money out of the championship fanbase because the RFL are too inept to properly market the challenge cup final and fill the stadium on that concept alone.
Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 32126 Location: The Corridor of Uncertainty
I suspect that’s Kear’s attitude too given that he said he wouldn’t be picking anyone from yesterday and if the RFL have a problem with it he’s happy to discuss it.
Let’s face it the 1895 Cup might have been a good idea if it had offered some prize money and had been a curtain raiser rather than an afterthought.
Send the reserves IMO.
"If you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them," - Wayne Bennett.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum
