1. Paul Wellens, 3. Matt Gidley, 5. Francis Meli, 6. Leon Pryce, 7. Kyle Eastmond, 8. Nick Fozzard, 9. Keiron Cunningham, 10. James Graham, 11. Tony Puletua, 14. James Roby, 15. Bryn Hargreaves, 16. Scott Moore, 17. Paul Clough, 18. Matty Ashurst, 19. Chris Dean, 21. Gary Wheeler, 22. Andrew Dixon, 23. Maurie Fa’asavalu, 24. Jonny Lomax

1. Paul Wellens,
24. Jonny Lomax
3. Matt Gidley,
21. Gary Wheeler,
5. Francis Meli,
6. Leon Pryce,
7. Kyle Eastmond,
8. Nick Fozzard,
9. Keiron Cunningham,
10. James Graham,
18. Matty Ashurst,
17. Paul Clough,
14. James Roby

11. Tony Puletua,
16. Scott Moore,
22. Andrew Dixon,
23. Maurie Fa’asavalu,

Missing Flannery, Gardner, Soliola & Wilkin

Tony P will have to start and do a good stint. We can't field that back row for long against Wakey, they would get murderised.

Of course we may have Lomax and Graham missing also, depending upon their head scans.

Missing Wilkin & Flanno


I'd have KC in 2nd row with Puletua
Moore at 9
Roby at 13

Lets 'hooker'em' to death

Wellens
Lomax
Gidley
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Eastmond
Graham
Cunningham
Fozzard
Puletua
Clough
Roby

Moore
Fa'asavalu
Ashurst
Hargreaves

That's what i'd go with. More than capable of beating Wakefield, despite a few players missing.

For comparison -

1 Aaron Murphy
2 Dale Morton
3 Sean Gleeson
4 Daryl Millard
5 Damien Blanch
6 Ben Jeffries
7 Danny Brough
8 Shane Tronc
9 Sam Obst
10 Michael Korkidas
11 Dale Ferguson
12 Glenn Morrison
13 Jason Demetriou

14 Kyle Bibb
15 Kevin Henderson
16 Tevita Leo-Latu
17 Richard Moore

Can't wait for this - gonna be a right battle - certainly capable of beating Saints esp if we can stay on top of the forward game. Still no doubt there'll be more than a few twitches when/if

Pryce gets motoring.

*Edit* Kyle Bibb

Very impressive line the Wakey one. In past seasons there were always four or five no marks, the Snitch's and Grix's of this world but that is an excellent 17.

Is Bibb Brazilian? Strange that he doesn't have a first name.

That has a very different meaning in Wakey!

1. Wellens
24. Lomax
3. Gidley
21. Wheeler
5. Meli
6. Pryce
7. Eastmond
8. Fozzard
9. Cunningham
10. Graham
11. Puletua
18. Ashurst
14. Roby

15. Hargreaves
16. Moore
17. Clough
23. Fa'asavalu

a very handy pack at wakey, that's the danger for me

1 wellens
24 lomax
3 gidley
21 wheeler
5 meli
6 pryce
7 eastmond
8 fozzard
16 moore
9 cunningham
11 puletua
18 ashurst
17 clough

subs
14 roby
15 hargreaves
22 dixon
23 faasavalu

Paul Wellens
Jonny Lomax
Matt Gidley
Gary Wheeler
Francis Meli
Leon Pryce
Kyle Eastmond
Nick Fozzard
Scott Moore
James Graham
Tony Puletua
Paul Clough
James Roby


Keiron Cunningham
Bryn Hargreaves
Matty Ashurst
Maurie Fa’asavalu

I'd go with that too.

your right its not a bad pack be supprised if your not impressed with tronc he is really good in my view.think you will win but its nice not to be dreading going to your place like most (if not every )season

I'm surprised that we never put in a bid for Tronc as he's a huge forward and is Darren Britt-like with his offloads at times, just what we needed. I understand that we are a bit tight on the purse strings with the stadium and such, but Wakefield got themselves a great player there.

yep, i think your gonna get Tronc'd friday night,
cant believe i'm saying this, but that Saints line up does not worry me one bit

Any St Helens line up worries me!!

Underestimate them at your peril!!

I hope that your team thinks like you!

Think JK may be a little too shrewd to let the players think like that. In all honesty its probably only the one fan who's thinking this way as well! Saints, especially at home, is always a difficult task, not impossible but I'm confident we can at least give you a very good game.

Think so me of our fans are getting carried away. Not an impossible task but for me Saints are clear favourites.

I agree. Hardest ground in the league to get 2 points IMO.

Give over. Have you seen your team on paper? We should win at a canter and i expect we will

a comment made in complete ignorance i can only assume, snitch was arguably our best player last year

Tronc is one hell of a prop going off our pre season friendly against Wakefield. Korkidas seems to be playing well again aswell now that he's back at the club he probably see's as home.

They'll be dangerous Wakefield. They've got a big pack and a couple of really dangerous halfbacks. They'll be a tough game for anybody this year but i'd back Saints to have enough to take the game.