Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:33 pm  

Think Sammut will be on the bench as per last week.

We were without SOL, Greenwood and Flower for 78 minutes last week as well and the pack went OK. I do rate Rovers’ pack better than Salford though.

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:21 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

Think Sammut will be on the bench as per last week.

We were without SOL, Greenwood and Flower for 78 minutes last week as well and the pack went OK. I do rate Rovers’ pack better than Salford though.

I agree re HKR pack hence why we will need to improve on last week.
HKR need to win, have a decent coach and some good players so Friday will be much tougher than last week when we played a Salford team also missing a few regulars

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:55 am  

It’s going to be a bit like late seasons in premier league football this year in that games for the top teams like Saints, Wire and Hull against the bottom teams will become far more difficult because of the relegation picture. Everyone of Leeds, London, HKR and Huddersfield know they’re in big trouble and they’ll be in survival mode, which will make what would normally seem like simple fixtures for teams much harder. This game would be tough for us anyway as we’re not currently in that top team bracket but it’s even harder now.

It’s great for the league to be truthful.

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:24 am  

Azza1984 wrote:

Hardaker on the wing?

Really

He's played there a fair bit previously in his career (as well as centre). Sarginson looked really good at FB when he's played there this season, and Hardaker has done little to show he should automatically get the spot this season. A change of positions might just give him a kick up the backside like giving him the 20 shirt was supposed to.

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:30 am  

Wigg'n wrote:

I must have missed Leuluai’s stint at loose forward as well.

If you go back to the highlights, you'll see that Williams, Sammut, Powell and Leuluai are all on at the same time for Hardaker and Marshall's tries. I'm not saying it's a long term solution but we played our best rugby during that period.

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:17 am  

Grimmy wrote:

If you go back to the highlights, you'll see that Williams, Sammut, Powell and Leuluai are all on at the same time for Hardaker and Marshall's tries. I'm not saying it's a long term solution but we played our best rugby during that period.

At that time wasn’t it Powell in at Loose? Leuluai was at hooker with Sammut & Williams in the halves. It worked quite well too!

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:36 am  

Bigredwarrior wrote:

At that time wasn’t it Powell in at Loose? Leuluai was at hooker with Sammut & Williams in the halves. It worked quite well too!

You could be right there actually looking at the highlights, cheers

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:05 pm  

I don’t think Sarg should come back in for either Hankinson or Hardaker. Both are playing well in their best position and Hank’s goal kicking is invaluable.

I like Sarginson, particularly his work rate but just because he had two good games at full back we are discussing displacing one of the best full backs in the league.

If he comes back in its on the wing for Marshall/Burgess.

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:34 pm  

Trainman wrote:

I don’t think Sarg should come back in for either Hankinson or Hardaker. Both are playing well in their best position and Hank’s goal kicking is invaluable.

I like Sarginson, particularly his work rate but just because he had two good games at full back we are discussing displacing one of the best full backs in the league.

If he comes back in its on the wing for Marshall/Burgess.

So how would you cover the loss of SOL and Greenwood on top of Flower, TT and Hamlin? For me it’s Hankinson to cover second row (tough on him) and Sarge returns to centre.

Re: 19 man squad for Hull K R Friday : Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:37 pm  

jinkin jimmy wrote:

So how would you cover the loss of SOL and Greenwood on top of Flower, TT and Hamlin? For me it’s Hankinson to cover second row (tough on him) and Sarge returns to centre.

Hank’s defence is superb and he certainly wouldn’t let anybody down in that department. I’ve suggested this a few times because of the number of times play breaks down when Isa is involved. He works his plums off but Isa bombs chance after chance on that edge. I’d definitely be happy to try a right edge shift of Williams, Sammut, Hankinson, Sarginson and Marshy. If Hardaker launches himself in at the right times it could be very fruitful.