Simon for Bousquet, then?

Also, 100% records are over-rated. Never wanted one anyway.

Lo-n-Fresh has named the squad. Bousquet joined by Greg Mounis on the sidelines. The former skipper has a finger injury.

The 19 are:
Brenton, Mr White, Leon, Big Zee, Tommy B Goode, The Elima-nator, Ian Hendo Henderson, Bulldozer, Sir Steve Menzies Campbell, Mr Anderson, Billy Barthau, EEEELLLOOOOIIIIII, Kevin Larroyer, Mr 69, Mathias Not There, Mickael Simon (Simon, not Simon), JaJa, JB and.... Viiiinnnnnnnn-ceeennnnntttt Duuupooo-ooooo-oooorrrttttt (rat ta tat ta tat)

Wire's squad:

RAtkins, Briers, Carvell, Cooper, Rhys Evans, Grix, Higham, Hill, Hodgson, McCarthy, J-Mon, M-Mon, Tommy Smith, Myler, Ratchford, Riley, Waterhouse, Westwood, Monorchid Wood

Wire will start as favourites with home advantage and fewer forced player omissions. Bosc needs to stand up as play organiser if Dragons are to have a chance.

Did that young man get his ban doubled?

Appeal to be heard on Tuesday

On what grounds are the appeal? The hit was late and dangerous that could have caused serious injury. I have a feeling that the RFL disciplinary will uphold their decision as a warning to others (unfortunately for Catalan). Could the ban he increased as a frivolous appeal?

No idea on what grounds. Presumably his as yet clean record in LER and Super League footy, but I don't know. Yes it could be increased.

Without commenting on this individual case, as I've still not seen the incident, I would be surprised to see it reduced. The RFL have an opportunity to mark out the lines on this one, an opportunity I hope they take as player safety should be paramount. If they water this one down, they're making a rod for their own back for all future cases.

My thoughts exactly John_D. You at the game tonight? It should be a cracker.

I wasn't. Went to see Lee Scratch Perry at Holmfirth instead. Cracking gig

We are looking to get a subsite soon, but in the meantime reports etc. will be on the forum... here is what I thought of it.

The game was pretty even in the main and if Dragons could have concentrated on playing Wire and not the officials it might have been a closer score at the end.

A lot was made of that decision and the fact the touch judge got it right. I agree he did, but I dont for one minute think he could have been super confident in making that call. It benefitted the home side because their fans were behind him.

Not that I buy in to the Twitter sensation that is #catalansconspiracy , those decision benefit home teams all the time and its the supporters job to get into the officials and make them favour their team.

There were a number of positives to the game from our point of view. Sir Damien of Blanchalot getting off the mark for the season and the continued influence of Zebedee.

Sadly though all will be outweighed by the histrionics of Brent Webb and a complete loss of discipline and control by Olivier Elima.

Throw in Vincent DuPort having one of his worse games and you have something to improve on for sure !

Man of the match ? Damo for his two tries but I thought Bosc played ok too.

Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose.


Also, it's February. It doesn't matter.

So you keep telling me