luke as been for an xray today no broken bones scan for ligament damage tommorow

Let's pray the damage is fairly minor.

That was my understanding of situation. Isn't there also something along lines of not being able to recall a player from a season long loan in the first month?

Rather have Karl Pryce at 6 than Jeffries tbh. But I suspect Potter will go Sammut/Jeffries combo -_-

I assume that's a joke.

You assume correctly

Could get Kearney into six, unless we get Mumby to show him how to tackle one on one at full back!

Personally I'd go with:



Kear

Ainscough

Lulia

Walker

Crookes

Kearney

Sammut

Kopczak

L'Estrange

Joseph

Whitehead

Langley

Addy



Diskin

Scruton

Burgess

Manuokafoa (if fit) / Hargreaves

I think it will be a shame if Walker is moved back to centre this week. I thought he did really well in the second row against one of the toughest packs of forwards in the league on Sunday, and don't recall him missing any obvious tackles. I'd rather see him stay there in place of someone like Sibbit, and bring Nas in for Joseph.

For me



Kear

Ainscough

Lulia

Crookes

Pryce

Kearney

Sammutt

Kopczak

Diskin

Hargreaves

Walker

Whitehead

Langley



L'Estrange

Scruton

Manu

Burgess

I think we're lacking a strong kicking game with BK and Sammut as a HB pairing. I appreciate Addy can also kick a ball but I think BJ deserves first shot at covering Gales absence. Like it or not he is the strongest candidate to lead us around the park at HB now IMO. If he doesn't perform, then perhaps look at making more positional changes.

Despite the howlers on Sunday in fact Sammutt is no mean kicker. I'd be happy enough to see him sparking things up at 6 with BJ at 7.



Crookes must stay on the wing - you can't drop a clear MoM in a beaten team, what message is that sending out?



Kearney has the number 1 on his back so there's no doubt where he'll play, and anyway last season didn't do anything to make me thing we are any better served with him at halfback. Hopefully he'll have nobody to tackle.