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Wolves will take on Hull FC on Friday night 8pm in Round 19 of First Utility Super League at the KC Stadium.

Head of coaching and rugby Tony Smith names his 19-man squad.

Wolves Squad

10 Roy Asotasi
4 Ryan Atkins
3 Chris Bridge
17 Ben Currie
22 Brad Dwyer
19 Anthony England
18 Rhys Evans
15 Ben Harrison
9 Micky Higham
8 Chris Hill
33 George King
5 Joel Monaghan
20 Gareth O’Brien
29 Gene Ormsby
31 Joe Philbin
6 Stefan Ratchford
21 Glenn Riley
1 Matthew Russell
12 Ben Westwood

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We are getting quite thin on the ground.
I would go with the following............but TS could rest Ratch as he did Bridgey last week and put GOB in the halfs.

Matthew Russell
Gene Ormsby
Ryan Atkins
Joel Monaghan
Rhys Evans
Stefan Ratchford
Chris Bridge
Chris Hill
Micky Higham
Anthony England
Ben Westwood
Ben Harrison
Ben Currie

Roy Asotasi
Brad Dwyer
Glenn Riley
Joe Philbin

George King
Gareth O’Brien

Injured.
Simon Grix
James Laithwaite
Michael Monaghan
Paul Wood
Ben Evans
Richie Myler
Trent Waterhouse

Always a tricky game away at Hull, I wouldn't rest anyone, strongest available

Russell
Ormsby
Joel
Atkins
Evans
Bridge
Ratch
Hill
Mickey
Asotasi
Currie
Westwood
Harrison

Riley
Dwyer
King
England

O'Brien
Philbin to miss out

Play our strongest possible team, looking at the 7 injured players and they would walk into most teams starting 13.

Rest Asotasi and Riley

Now that's a better way of putting it.

What he said, BUT we have London at home the week after so probably best to rest players then if he is going to do so.

Play Big Roy as he needs all the practice.
Riley and GOB out.

We are getting down to the bare bones, but that is still a strong 19. The emergence of several young players this season has been a huge bonus and in a few weeks time Smith could have a problem of who to leave out.

We need a strong start to take the wind out of them, particularly as our squad depth is low off the bench. I'll go with :

Russell
Ormsby
Joel
Atkins
Evans
Bridge
Ratch
Hill
Mickey
England
Currie
Westwood
Harrison

Asotasi
Dwyer
King
O'Brien

Spell Ratch at loose with GOB.

Does anybody have estimates as to when these guys will be back?

I fancy Joe Philbin will come into the team, but perhaps not George King. Two youngsters away at Hull seems a bit too much, even though Glen Riley is not performing particularly well. And as we need the two points, Bridge back in place of GOB, even though he played well against Bradford.

To miss out;
King
GOB

I think GOB should be a sub. ... Ratch or others could do a spell at loose forward. He looked good last Sunday and his attacking skills could be useful.

Alright lads just a quick question for those who have travelled to Hull before, what the parking like for away fans?

Cheers

Ricky

Use the Park and Ride that is just after the Humber Bridge mate - far easier

It would be rough on GOB if he didn't get in the 17 after an impressive game last week. I think he'll be on the bench, but I gave up guessing who Tony Smith was going to select a long time ago. There's invariably a surprise in his selections and invariably they work out well.

Quote ="Rugby"Does anybody have estimates as to when these guys will be back?'" www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... witterfeed TS talks about the injuries at the end of this.

Quote ="Rugby"Does anybody have estimates as to when these guys will be back?'" www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... witterfeed TS talks about the injuries at the end of this.

I'm with you and Morrissey on this one as I think GOB played well admittedly against Bradford, he deserves a break and a confidence boost and Ratchford and even Bridge could spell at loose

For me I would use GOB next week against London he can get his break there. Strongest team possible v Hull for me.

With the amount of injuries that we are carrying particularly up front, I wouldn't necessarily agree with you that the inclusion of GOB in the 17 with Bridge/Ratchford spelling at 13 isn't our strongest team

With forwards down, backing the bench up with backs won't help. I'd blood more teenage forwards at this game as opposed to getting 1st team backs to play a forward position to accommodate GOB.

Has to be the strongest team, so GOB to miss out. He can play against London next week.

Just to move the conversation a bit ... I reckon most of our backs would do a more that adequate job at loose forward. We often ask them to carry the ball up in heavy traffic especially for two or three plays after retrieving kicks and they seem to do very well at it. The toughness of our backs is one of our real strengths. GOB in for me and it strengthens ... not weakens ... the team.

I understand your angle but cannot agree. The attacking option is fair to say they can do as you point out it is the defence where things become unstuck. Your asking smaller men to put in a shift where they will constantly face bigger men.
I think that is half Grix's problem.

Usually I'd agree, but the fact is we can't keep watering down the experience of the 17 by blooding youngsters, particularly in an environment like the KC. The time to do it is when the backbone of experience (in the forwards in this case) is still present or back from injury.

As for Ratch at loose-forward, I'd suggest he has the classic tall and rangy loose-forward physique and that is ultimately where his future lies.