Yeah, because Horne & Heremaia's defence has been sh*t hot this season. Hang on, one of those words might be superfluous.

Maybe we should have kept it a secret and had him playing in a mask so they didn't know it was Miller. You don't half talk some sh*t.

I think you should be putting Greg Johnson at the top of that list. Bit of an unknown quantity to our fans when we signed him but I think it's fair to say he's already a big fans favourite. Stature wise he isn't the biggest but he punches way above his weight, has a great turn of pace and takes a hell of a lot of stopping.

I also think Sa'u is still a good 4 weeks from peak fitness and Meli doesn't look 100% fit ATM. Once everyone is fully fit I think we'll have a pretty decent backline. Could go either way tonight and wouldn't expect either team to win by more than 8-10 points.

Out of interest what are the chances of getting our games at the KC played on a Sunday afternoon in future? Granted we don't take the biggest away following but I'm sure that would increase with a Sunday 3pm kick-off. This year we're playing all the Lancs team at home on Fri night and the Yorks teams on a Sun afternoon. Crowds are up massively (although the potential of a competitive team obviously helps).

Anyway, good luck for tonight and we'll hopefully see a good close game.

If we lose just blame Miller I know Radford will.

And they'll do that all game of course

Not sure that's the best analogy, given his background.

I am not a big miller fan, but i will support him whilst he plays, as i admire anyone that plays the hardest game in the world. we need to get behind them tonight.

But not so close that we're on their backs....

Very impressed with him so far from what i've seen on TV.

Found yourselves a decent player there.

If it gets a win its worth a go

Rumour I've heard no Arundel or Watts. So
Shaul
Colbon
Crooks
Yeaman
Talanoa
Horne
Miller
Feka
Houghton
Pitts
Whiting
Tuson
Westerman
Subs
Azza
Rankin
Thompson
Hadley

Injuries or dropped?

I'd be very surprised if Watts was dropped, not so much for Arundel, although I'd sooner they both started.

I personally think if either have been dropped it makes a mockery of Radford's comments last week.

Watts injured, Arundel dropped. Rankin was originally out of the 17th but Watts got a niggle

Well I seriously hope that is a rumour. Arundel dropped but Yeamo plays? Feck me. As Carl says, makes a mockery of Radders comments.

Totally agree Pal hope its wrong.

That's ridiculous if true. Our other 2 centres were spectacularly awful last week. Even if you look at the season as a whole and not just that game, his tackling and error rates are better than both (Crooks and Yeaman are actually our top 2 for errors). Smacks of favouritism.

That's ridiculous.

And if Rankin was originally dropped too expect Horne at off-half again leaving Yeaman and Crooks at centre. Why say anything at all, Radford, if you're going to perform a spectacular volte-face 4 days later?

Hope this rumour is wrong.

This. Sends out the wrong kind of message.

And is exactly the issue that most worried me when Radford got the job, although thus far I have had no issues with his apparent willingness to sub/drop those not up to scratch.

This week is the real litmus test, imo. And perhaps we're jumping the gun a little.

We will find out about 7
When does the Doncaster squad get announced ?

My main concern with his sub/drop approach has been that, Yeamo aside, they've all been younger players so far. Maybe you're right about us jumping the gun a little but I just have this nagging doubt at the moment that I can't shake that this will be the norm. I hope I'm wrong.

It is favouritism.The youngsters taking the rap for the failure of his mates

I thought Arundel was pretty awful last week although still a bit better than Yeaman.