Assuming no injuries from Fri, and with Escare, Woods and Hamlin all proving themselves fit yesterday, what do people think the team will be for the crunch match s Cas.
Will Flower be fit? Will Sarge move back to centre?

teams please ....

Tomkins
Marshall/Davies
Sarginson
Gildart
Burgess
Williams
Escare
Flower
Leuluai
Clubb
Bateman
Farrell
O'Loughlin

Sutton
Tautai
Tomkins
Isa

Tomkins
Davies Sarg Gildart Burgess
Williams Lockers
Flower Tommy Naverrette
Faz Isa
Bateman
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Ganson J Tomkins Clubb Sutton

Tomkins
Davies / Marshall
Bateman
Gildart
Burgess
Williams
Powell (if not banned)
Flower
Leuluai
Clubb
Isa
Farrell
O’Loughlin

Tomkins
Sutton
Tautai / Navarette
Escare

Tomkins
Davies, Sarginson, Gildart, Burgess,
Williams, Powell,
Clubb, Leuluai, Flower,
Farrell, Bateman,
O'Loughlin.
Bench - Escare Sutton, Tautai, J Tomkins.

There may be disciplinary with Powell. I do think it will be minimal and he will play.

I reckon after what Cas did to us at the back end of last season he will play his best 17. The following week at Widnes is when perhaps Waney will give others their chance.

Escare must come back in now, surely, after that performance in the reserves.

Give Hamlin another run out

It’s realky tough to come up with a team. I think we need a new option in the halves but a game against Cas may be a little much for Woods just yet.

I think I’d go-

Tomkins
Davies Sarginson Gildart Burgess
Williams O’Loughlin
Clubb Leuluai Flower
Bateman Farrell Isa

Subs
Sutton Tomkins Hamlin Escare

I’d rotate Navarette and Hamlin round to keep getting both some opportunities. We need to get that impact option of Escare back on the bench and I’d go with the steady option of Lockers in the halves.

Why are any of us kissing ourselves to think that SW will make such a major change and take Powell out of 7? It’s not going to happen, surely?

I don't think he will either. I was very impressed with Bateman v Leeds, especially his stint at 13, was a great ball player not just a runner. This convinced me that we could use him as our 13 allowing Lockers to run the right side of the team.

Did he play the whole game as a fb? or did they give him a run in the halves?

He was fullback in the first half and in the halves second, and played really well in both positions, was man of the match by a mile.
Hamlin was disappointing, bar one good run. Byrne, Kibula and Partington were much better than him on the day. I would expect Hamlin to come into contention for the Widnes and Salford games.