Green, Farrell and Paddywack are significant losses and they might have a couple of players undercooked, need a high tempo game to stop them slowing down the ruck area.

Who is the ref going to be.

Bentham

Oh look! What a surprise! All these injured players suddenly return. Ha.

What about the ones who are now out? Goulding, Charnley and Farrell.

And there's still a chance that Powell and Manfredi won't play.

I'll give you Farrell (although it's his own undoing that he's out), but Charnley & Goulding haven't played much this season anyway.



Mcillorum, Farrell and Green are the key players missing.

Goulding is joint 5th in appearances made, but to be fair if they were all fit I'd have Gelling and Thornley before him, but then I would have Charnley in before Manfredi.



Just as aside, if Doran plays he will be the most unlikely looking half back you will see, but he's not a bad player and won't let us down

Wellens

Makinson

Turner

Jones

Swift

Hohaia

Walsh

Walmsley

Roby

Richards

Manu

Flanagan

Wilkin



Bench



Soliola

Masoe

McCarthy-Scarsbrook

Thompson

Wellens

Makinson

Turner

Jones

Swift

Hohaia

Walsh

Walmsley

Roby

Richards

Manu

Flanagan

Wilkin



Bench



Soliola

Masoe

McCarthy-Scarsbrook

Thompson

Same as last week, swap Dawson for Swift, if fully fit and raring to go.

Walmsley for Savellio

Any particular reason for dropping Percival for Jones.

I just feel given the magnitude of the game Josh Jones is better equipped and more experienced than Percival. Nothing against Percival and I am sure he will develop into a good centre in the future but we need to win this week and the more experience we have the better

Percival has impressed me with his defence since his return & is improving physically. Crucially Percy breaks the line & has pace to burn so for me has to play as he offers strike in the backs. Jones is a back rower & IMO the negative option. Not opposed to him being in the 17 at all though.