Lineham and Westerman replace Michaels and Naughton

Abdull, Ellis, Green, Houghton, Lineham, Minichiello, Paea, Feka, Pryce, Rankin, Sa, Shaul, Sneyd, Talanoa, Thompson, Watts, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman.

...against

6 Maurice Blair, 24 John Boudebza, 23 Terry Campese, 2 Ben Cockayne, 22 Jordan Cox, 1 Kieran Dixon, 15 James Donaldson, 26 Sonny Esslemont, 20 James Green, 33 James Greenwood, 7 Albert Kelly, 11 Kevin Larroyer, 13 Tyrone McCarthy, 4 Josh Mantellato, 21 Aaron Ollett, 34 Tony Puletua, 18 Liam Salter, 5 Ken Sio, 19 Kris Welham,

Sa back to centre then,pity,been impressed with him in 2nd row.Maybe tempted to play Shaul on wing and have a centre pairing of Talona and Sa.

shaul to FB, tala to wing and sa to centre. Sa more effective in the centre IMO, not fit enough for win.

Big raps to ken sio for playing with a broken jaw. Expect lunt to be playing on the day too

Why does Rankin deserve to be dropped?

I don;t think he had one of his better games on Friday and shaul offers more pace and better backing up although rankin probably improves our attack when shifting the ball wide. I just think radford may put shaul in

No wonder we are getting so many injuries seeing as we employed you as the club doctor!
Two fairly decent 19s, expect a good battle.

From a Rovers fans' perspective, I'd much rather Hull played Rankin at full back than Shaul.

I'd have them on a diet of fine brandy and the best cuban cigars if I was doc. You'd improve immeasurably

Why's that.....as Jake says,Rankin improves the attack when joining the line but Shaul a better support FB.Be interesting to see what happens.As a FC fan,I hope Dixon is FB for your and Feka plays so he can run over larroyer again.

Am I correct in assuming probably the strongest FC team of the season to date. Looks like your injuries seem to have cleared up for this match. If I was a betting man I'd say FC by 12 easy.
Jake: Could you post the link about confirmation of Sio's broken jaw please because according to the media reports I have read it was displaced teeth which have been wired up, but big raps to him if you are right and he is playing with that injury. Any information regards Lunt because again he has been injured for several weeks, would be a boost though.

Sorry, I am unable to reveal my sources but can confirm they are better than yours.