Looks a strong squad,Hope we gell well as a team and work for each other unlike in the past.

Who plays 6 out of those? Brough and Myler in the halves?

Shakes head at Luke Robinson inclusion.

The Exiles are going to embarass us IMO.

They must have him down as a hooker from the bench.

Motivation and cohesion will be massive factors from the Exiles POV. Will they approach it with 100% and will to win? I'm not convinced as there is fallout if they don't. No fans to live up to or disappoint. How will they approach it tactically? Will they adopt an international RL setup and play like Aus/NZ do or will they go for more of a Barbarians approach and try to be more entertaining and off the cuff?

S.Tomkins
Briscoe
Shenton
Bridge
Hall
Sinfield
Brough
Peacock
Roby
Graham
Westwood
Wilkin
O'loughlin

Morley
Carvell
Robinson
J.Tomkins

My gut feeling is that Carvell has played himself into the squad and possibly the 17 for the Exiles game ahead of Crabtree, as recently his form has been very impressive. I know it's harsh on maybe Atkins but I will be surprised if he selects more than 4 Warrington players.

J Tomkins; position?

Sinfield at 6 and O'Loughlin at 13?

The world of RL has moved on. The top Aussie coaches are all fielding a big man at 13, for that extra physical presence. I think your 9 now assumes the roll of the extra creative force in the side. Westwood would be an ideal 13 in international league these days and told to smash it up like Gallen does for Australia.

Your right, but we have Mcbanana in charge. And the general feeling is that he prefers to have more leaders on the park who are also dynamic enough to play/cover a few positions if injuries crop up or things aren't going to plan (Sinfield, O'loughlin).

True, but the same top Aussie coaches are picking creative stand offs, where as we are staring down the prospect of having Sinfield or O'Loughlin at 6. They are hardly Lockyer, Soward, Carney, Marshall et al. I think we need all the creativity we can get, as Roby, as good as he is, isn't a 'pivot' style hooker and has a limited kicking game.

A running stand off with a running loose and a running hooker would leave a lot on Brough's shoulders.

Big change from the days where'd we be celebrating just one player in the England/GB Squad.

Well Done to All who helped create this current 'feel-good factor' around the club.

im with you on this one

Just a shame they'll be playing under a garbage coach - I'd actually rather David Waite than McNamara.

Yeah David Waite any time over Mac

Whoever plays - we're knackered for the Salford game I think: www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/wol ... rd/?ref=eb

Whoever plays - we're knackered for the Salford game I think: www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/wol ... rd/?ref=eb

Some scary info that,Hope we have a couple back for the salford game or else we will be hammered by salford.

doesn't look good. Does it?

We'll have to double up the likes of Kingy, Anderson and Monas.

I think you're right.

Poaching said a few weks ago that some of the players will most likely be asked to double up, particularly the younger ones.

It seems a bit of a strange decision to let Riley go out on loan now but I suppose nobody was to know that Evans and Joel were to pick up injuries.

Is there any possibility that with the situation now verging on the ridiculous, that the RFL will move the game?

I know it would be short notice to say the very least, but I don't see the real harm in pushing the back to the Monday/Tuesday evening. Gate receipts would in all likelihood take a hit, but the extra day or so's rest would allow some of the participants in the game to play, and we'd still have a good rest ahead of Hull KR.

We've started flogging tickets for this game (promos as well), so it looks like it's going ahead as planned

I hope this doesn't bite us on our ar535

Regarding the number of players per club - the only thing that has been confirmed is that the Exiles won't use more than 3 players from one club. But, Eddie Hemmings said on Boots N all a couple of weeks ago that he'd heard suggestion that there may be an agreement between the two sides not to use more than 4 players per club between them, i.e 3 on the Exiles then 1 for England, or 2 on each, or 1 England and 3 in Exiles. That would be sensible and much fairer.

It can't be right that we face the prospect of 9 of our players featuring in this game and none from Salford. It's all very well saying we should be strong enough to beat them but we've already shown a few times this season that we are capable of underpar performance (i.e. Hull and Catalans) without being handicapped in this way.

Good point about Riley - even before the injuries, you'd have thought he'd have been a certainty for the Salford game.

S.Tomkins
Briscoe
Bridge
Atkins
Hall
Sinfield
Brough
Morley
Roby
Graham
J.Tomkins
Westwood
O'Loughlin

Robinson
Crabtree (He won't pick Carvell)
Peacock
Wilkin

The injury to Rhys Evans is a blow and obviously he was 100% when the months loan for Riles was agreed. I'm sure I heard that there is an agreement between all the clubs concerned and Red Hall that there would be a limit on the amount of players used from any one club. We might have 9 selected for the two squads but I wouldn't expect any more than 5 would actually play. Either way some of our players involved at Headingley will feature against Salford.

Worst case scenario (i.e. Higham two match ban, McCarthy and Mitchell not available, I'll go with Louis not getting into Exiles), but assuming no more injuries, I can barely get a team together....

Hellewell
Williams
Grix
Blythe
Shaw
Clarke
Briers
Cooper
??????
Wood
Anderson
Solomona
Laithwaite

Bench - 4 x academy players

Battered!!

I think majority will back up except Morley and Hodgson so

Helliwell/Bridge
Williams
Atkins
Bridge/Blythe
King
Briers
Myler
Carvell
Monaghan
Wood
Westwood
Anderson
Grix

Clarke
Cooper
Blythe/Laithwaite
Solomona