A challenging fixture for two reasons. One, because Wakefield look a very useful team this year. Two, because resetting after the Wigan game might be hard to do.


You would expect Watts and Eseh to be involved which might be good to give us a bit of a freshen up. Hopefully Balmforth is available too. I'm half expecting Rapana to get a ban. His hit on Keighran might have gone under the radar if it hadn't caused him to get injured, but it was late and he led with the shoulder. Moy will do a good job I'm sure, but we will miss Rapana's involvement.


I'm confident we can get another result, but it will take another fully committed, professional performance.

Matt Shaw now reporting out the blue (5 weeks into a season) that all of a sudden if a club after a game declare a player was injured in a tackle (doesn’t have to be taken off the field) that the opposition player can now get increased points and a longer ban. 


With my tin foil hat firmly on, I wonder if he’s been briefed this morning by someone at the RFL to make out this rule hasn’t just been plucked out the air because they plan to give someone a big ban today. 

Wakey have a good pack this year. Hamlin-Uele, Vagana, Mcmeeken, Pitts is rolling back the years and Rodwell will be good once he comes back but it sounds like a few will be missing.


We've had a tough few weeks with the extra time against Leigh and the Wigan game. Hopefully we don't run out of juice for this one.

This rule was already applied a week or two ago.

RFL will find some new footage from the crap TV coverage to ban Rapana.

That was Shorrocks on Croft though wasn’t it? Croft left the field after that tackle, Keighan played on.