True but just think how bad he'd have been playing against anyone else!

Bradford's 19



Addy, Ainscough, Ah Van, Bateman, Diskin, Elima, Hargreaves, Herbert, Kearney, Kopczak, Lynch, Olbison, Platt, Raynor, Royston, Scruton, Sibbit, Sykes, Whitehead.



Likely to line up as



Royston

Ainscough

Platt

Ah Van

Raynor

Kearney

Herbert

Lynch

Diskin

Hargreaves

Whitehead

Olbison

Elima



Subs

Scruton

Kopczak

Addy

with a possible debut given to Bateman, who's another of our up and coming 2nd row.

I was led to believe the Hyde was subject to a finess test. On the assumption he is fit and Dean isn't i'd go :



Vievers

Penny

Griffin

Murphy

George



Harvey

Hyde



Korkidas

Rinaldi

Johnson

Mariano

Morrison

Henderson



Howarth

Lee

Gledhill

Amor



Bit harsh on Davey maybe but looked a bit too lightweight when then pitch was heavy last week. Will come into his own on firmer grounds. Henderson to start to help keep it tight early on, Lee to revert to replacement hooker which is his best position IMHO.

Relatively I'd say. I might be wrong but I always thought of him as a bit of a fringe players at Hull?

Murphy

Penny

Mariano

Griffin

George



Hyde

Lee



Korki

Rinaldi

Johnson

Henderson

Morrison

Howarth



Gledhill

Amor

Harvey

Davey





Assuming Vievers could do with a week off.



A bit lightweight on the bench and would probably mean Lee doing a stint at loose with Harvey going into halfback but gives us a bit more strength in the backs with Dean missing.

TBH i did.



But 2007 - 17 apps

2008 - 20 apps

2009 - 22 apps



pretty regular

Clan if you saw Hyde play at full back last season then you would never want to see him there again. Like the look of Hyde at scrum half. Vivers is a big boy now 21 years old, been full time for years, he should be able to play more than three in a row.



I went to Bradford to see them play Wigan a couple of weeks ago, their pack is big strong and mobile, not sure how we will counter that. Then again the French were on the big side. My head says we will do well to hold them to 40.

Thank god smith not in. I will buy him a ticket to new zealend !!

I bet if we organised 2 whip-rounds asking people to contribute a quid for a one-way ticket to New Zealand you'd get your ticket before Smith got his.

I will put 50 in to get rid of the fat idle talentless good for nothing but I will not contribute anything for Smith.

LOL

Ouch!