Long 9 day turnaround for Cas and i guess everyone will want to play if fit.

Thinking ahead to C/C against Catalan if you were the coach would you rotate some of the first team squad for the Cas game?

No

Team spirit as it is, unless it's a serious knock, can you see anyone wanting to be rested? As you say 9 day turn around, as good as a rest, when you look back at the recent schedule. Sat where FC are, every week is a high pressure game now and it's a learning curve, in how to play through it, coming towards the split plus CC quarter around the corner. Onwards and upwards.

I would rest Taylor. I think he has played just about every game and having a week off will do him good for later on in the season. Apart from Houghton the rest of the forwards have missed the occasional game through injury or suspension.

Only if carrying knocks or niggles.

I would defo rest Ellis, Mini and Taylor ensuring them three are revved up and guaranteed to face Les Cats.

We could still beat Cas without them but if any miss the Cats game its a major blow.

Nope. Keep a winning formula. If you tinker, you lose. We have the luxury of unchanged sides again, keep that momentum and the coaching is easier - just work on ball control.

Of course he should.

Shaul, Sneyd, Tuimavave, Houghton, Ellis, Taylor, Watts and Minichello please.

Hope nobody condemns the coach then if we lose our captain and best prop for what is(IMO) a more important match.

difficult situation as we rest a few and lose and then lose the cup game some will say we shouldn't have changed a winning team, play them all and somebody gets injured and then its we should have rested them, win them both and then doesn't matter lol,

So you think we are going to get 2 injuries? That has more chance of happening in the Catalans game with their penchant for attacking the head.



Every game now has an added importance as we strive to keep the top spot. If a team is winning you do NOT change it. We had no weak links in there - our edge defence was spot on, forwards blasted away at them and game management was impreccable. We let in 2 tries, one from a bad error and one from a slow, ponderous kick against the best attack in the game. Yeah, let's change that and run the risk of stopping a juggernaut of momentum.

Drop anyone out who is carrying a niggle but other than that why change it?