1. Paul Wellens, 3. Michael Shenton, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Francis Meli, 6. Leon Pryce, 7. Kyle Eastmond, 9. James Roby, 10. James Graham, 11. Tony Puletua, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Chris Flannery, 14. Scott Moore, 15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 19. Andrew Dixon, 20. Jonny Lomax, 21. Shaun Magennis, 22. Jamie Foster, 25. Lee Gaskell, 28. Thomas Makinson. Paul Wellens' selection in place of Matty Ashurst is the only difference from the one that lined up to face Catalans last week. www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1076

1. Paul Wellens, 3. Michael Shenton, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Francis Meli, 6. Leon Pryce, 7. Kyle Eastmond, 9. James Roby, 10. James Graham, 11. Tony Puletua, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Chris Flannery, 14. Scott Moore, 15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 19. Andrew Dixon, 20. Jonny Lomax, 21. Shaun Magennis, 22. Jamie Foster, 25. Lee Gaskell, 28. Thomas Makinson. Paul Wellens' selection in place of Matty Ashurst is the only difference from the one that lined up to face Catalans last week. www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1076

Dixon and Wello to miss out, for me.
Give the auld lad another week of recovery.

Totally agree, Kyle doesn't deserve to be dropped

7. Kyle Eastmond,
28. Thomas Makinson,
3. Michael Shenton,
5. Francis Meli,
22. Jamie Foster,
25. Lee Gaskell,
20. Jonny Lomax,
10. James Graham,
9. James Roby,
15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook,
4. Sia Soliola,
12. Jon Wilkin,
11. Tony Puletua,

6. Leon Pryce,
13. Chris Flannery,
14. Scott Moore,
21. Shaun Magennis.

That's a very able 17 to take on HKR. I'm looking forward to Sunday.

I think the team will be

1 wellens
2 makinson
3 shenton
4 meli
5 foster
6 gaskell
7 lomax
8 graham
9 roby
10 lms
11 wilkin
12 flannery
13 tony p

14 moore
15 sia
16 magennis
17 pryce

Eastmond and dixon to miss out

How could you justify dropping Eastmond, given his recent contribution?

i wouldnt drop eastmond but it what i think royce will do

There is a lot more to being fullback than being able to sprint and dodge a bit. Kyle is a great attacking player but he has deficiencies and this is knock out rugby. We need someone who can read the game very well, position himself very well, commit to death defying try saving tackles AND be on the shoulder of the attacking players (which Wello always is).

Assuming Wello is properly fit then he is a far better fullback than Kyle Eastmond.

The is a lot more to being a good fullback than being good in defence. Wello is a great defensive fullback but has deficiencies with his awful attack.

Sunday is knock out rugby and I'd imagine Morgan is keeling his fingers crossed that wello plays. Dobsons kicking game will show wello up rotten and they will be looking to turn our very slow fullback around and pin us deep in our own half.

Kyle has played well and don't deserve to be dropped just because wello is wello.

Why don't we just strap them together and call them wellmond. Eastmond can do all the running and Wellens can tell him where to stand and just flip him around to tackle the big blokes.

I doubt very much that Kyle not playing at fullback (he can't be dropped from a position that was never his in the first place) is anything to do with Wello being Wello. It will be more to do with the strengths that Wello brings to the game. Strengths which Kyle does not have.

And the idea is for us to be aggressive enough in defence to keep HKR's kickers far enough away from our redzone not to create a problem. Our forwards have been pathetic for most of this season and our defence slack to say the least. The former should bring some aggression to the party for once and the latter is everybody's job.

So the position is only Paul wellens's until a fullback arrives? Nobody can take any position unless they are that position?

Utter crap!