Warrington:

4 Ryan Atkins; 33 Ryan Bailey; 9 Daryl Clark; 32 Jordan Cox; 11 Ben Currie; 16 Brad Dwyer; 3 Rhys Evans; 1 Kurt Gidley; 8 Chris Hill; 29 Benjamin Jullien; 18 George King; 2 Tom Lineham; 22 Gene Ormsby; 20 Kevin Penny; 6 Stefan Ratchford; 7 Chris Sandow; 10 Ashton Sims; 14 Joe Westerman; 27 Sam Wilde

Noticeable absentees are Russell and Westwood.

1. Ratchford
2. Lineham
3. R.Evans
4. Atkins
5. Penny
6. Gidley
7. Sandow
8. Hill
9. Clarke
10. Sims
11. Currie
12. Jullien
13. Westerman

14. Cox
15. Dwyer
16. King
17. Bailey

Wilde and Ormsby to miss out

It's going to be a cracker Hull by 8

I'd tend to agree. I think we have more quality spread throughout the squad but we don't have the star man in sandow that you do and, ultimately, it's players like that who win tight games which is where we're likely to fall down later in the season. If we did pick up a quality half then we'd certainly take some beating

Spot on Jake,we are a quality half away from being the real deal.
Maybe if Sandow breaks our line several times and runs us ragged the club may change their mind about Carlos being the answer to a running 6.
The difference in team performance when Sandow,Danny Brough,Lui,Brown,Campese,Carney and Roberts make when they are playing is significant and is what we are clearly missing.

I think this will end up tied, really nothing in it. Going with 22-22.

... and I'm down in Winchester on Friday evening, no chance of seeing the game locally, they'll all be showing the Euro 2016 opener. Guess I'll be following on Twitter.

listen to Radio Humberside on your phone

Sandow gets a lot of the plaudits but the underpinnings are from Gidley.

With Westwood (and Hughes) not playing your 2nd row edges ours.

Should be a cracker

Feeling the optimism draining away a bit looking at Wire's teamsheet. Oh well.

If Sandow breaks our line I fail ymy see why you would single out Carlos when there are other d fenders there also missing him.

What of Sandlow has an absolute blinder of a game but we still win?

Brough has been available for. It's of the season, as has Lui, they don't seem to have had the major impact of ou refer to.

If ere are clearly missing such a key player, just how have we made it 12/13 and to the top of the league?

Your glass is not half empty, it's positively bone dry.



Back on topic, Westwood is a bit miss for them.

Dont let it, looking at that bench, im more optimistic, radford gets the interchanges right and we have no in game injuries, think our bench could win us this

Looks good, but so do we, I would say our pack including the bench players is stronger, backs pretty even, they have the bud advantage in the halfs though, if we can keep them quite by winning the forward battle we have a chance.

I still fancy Warrington, but I also wouldn't be surprised to see us win it, need to improve on our last 3 games though it they will only be I've winner.

We match them in the three quarters & our pack is better, as is our bench, we just need to not let sandow play the game at the pace he wants.

Really can't wait for this game and I think that the analysis of most on here is spot on. Jullien has been great for us but I'd sooner be facing your pack with a fully fit Hughes and Westwood

Wire bench tells the story of where the team is at. Wire much bigger bench.
If there are questions whether Ellis will play prop, then therein lies the difference between the two teams.
Wire win by 12-18 with home advantage, but I think this will be a high scoring affair for both teams.

Talking of glasses its seems by your senseless reply you have had too many already this evening
I am not singling out any of our team i am referring to the impact the half backs named have on their teams when fit.
Its my opinion that to take this team to the next level we need a top 6.
The example is when Brough is playing for Huddersfield they are a very good side.Take out Brough like last week and they are not he same team.
Put Danny Brough into our team and we go up another level

Cox & Bailey v frank & Bowden? With washy & Thompson I think our bench is better & bigger our whole pack is better, we have not put a full 80 minute performance in yet, & we are top of the league, it's our to lose imho.

reckon it'll be a complete fight for 60 odd minutes then it'll open up. Reckon Scotty T could make the difference running at a tired wire pack.

Yeh I think he could be to, cant wait to see the battle between him and hill

With all due respect, our 2nd row edges every teams, period!

Ellis plays in a prop style role for the majority of games these days if named at 2nd row or not.

I'd like to see all out bombardment of Wire, so I'm going with Hadley & Thompson in the 17 with Washbrook losing out.
it's going to be one hullava bash up and I think one team is going to crack, so I'm going to go us by 16, 34-18.

Shaul
Talanoa
Yeaman
Fonua
Michaels
Carlos
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Ellis
Mini
Hadley

Pritchard
Bowden
Manu
Thompson

Like the look of that Knocker, especially the bench, I'd change Hadley for Washbrook and thats it

Looking at those two squads, this has the makings of the game of the season by anybodies measure. What a fantastic achievement to be able to say that.

I hope the guys on the field can live up to it and not let the occasion get to them. Massive game for either team. No idea what the result will be, impossible to call.