I did the maths and I think we have about a 1 in 50 chance of reaching the semis without a game in which we aren't clear favourites, and 1 in 200 without facing SL opposition at all.

Langley

Sidlow

Evans

and Walker (who has played prop numerous times against better opponents).



There's our 4 props.

Quote ="boro hornet"There's limited street parking,follow the signs for the stadium from Junction 20,drive past the stadium and through the traffic lights you can park up there.Also when there's a big football match on they allow parking at Oulder Hill school just before the stadium signposted Gracie Fields Theatre. The streets you CAN NOT park on are clearly signed with cones or street ">markings.'" Cheers bud. Foster Purtell Wood Lulia Platt Sammut Gale Nas Heath Sidlow Whitehead Olbison Walker O Brien Langers Evans Addy/Donaldson Bateman and either Addy or Donaldson not used. No point risking Bateman. I'm not buying this 'Sam Wood can't play 80 minutes' rubbish, he's been playing the full 80 every week this season for the U19's. Sunday's game will not have the intensity of a SL match, and his fitness levels will be fine. I would also play Sammut and Gale for the full 80. This will be the first week where we can play our first choice pairing of half backs for an entire game - give them as much time to gel as possible. The only other possible change would be to play both Addy AND Donaldson and give Chev a rest instead. We need him fit for as much of the season as possible, he's one of the more injury prone players in the squad and it might not really be worth the risk playing him.

Quote ="boro hornet"There's limited street parking,follow the signs for the stadium from Junction 20,drive past the stadium and through the traffic lights you can park up there.Also when there's a big football match on they allow parking at Oulder Hill school just before the stadium signposted Gracie Fields Theatre. The streets you CAN NOT park on are clearly signed with cones or street ">markings.'" Cheers bud. Foster Purtell Wood Lulia Platt Sammut Gale Nas Heath Sidlow Whitehead Olbison Walker O Brien Langers Evans Addy/Donaldson Bateman and either Addy or Donaldson not used. No point risking Bateman. I'm not buying this 'Sam Wood can't play 80 minutes' rubbish, he's been playing the full 80 every week this season for the U19's. Sunday's game will not have the intensity of a SL match, and his fitness levels will be fine. I would also play Sammut and Gale for the full 80. This will be the first week where we can play our first choice pairing of half backs for an entire game - give them as much time to gel as possible. The only other possible change would be to play both Addy AND Donaldson and give Chev a rest instead. We need him fit for as much of the season as possible, he's one of the more injury prone players in the squad and it might not really be worth the risk playing him.

It's frightening how small our squad is. We'd have been struggling to put a team out at this stage of the season with the injuries.

Suspect it may be played like the pre-season games with Dewsbury and we start with a strong side and finish up with some of the younger players. Without wanting to be disrespectful we need to crack on early doors and put the result to bed and then we can rest some of the regular guys, who quite frankly, with the injuries and small squad situation, could do with some time off the pitch.

I'd definitely rest two out of Manuokafoa, Sammut and Whitehead. I also see no problem with Wood doing 80 minutes.