The Phantom Horseman

From the "never rains but it pours" department...obviously, best wishes to Connor and his family

hat-trick Ashall-Bott, Toulouse lead 20-0. Wakefield remind me a lot of Fev last year. Regularly rolling teams down the middle but look a bit lost when the opposition don't fold.

Toulouse 10-0 up against Wakefield after 30 minutes. Game played at a fast pace in hot conditions. Wakefield bombed a couple of good opportunities.

He's played 7 times for us - 2 in the 1895, one in the Cup, and 4 in the league I think. We could really do with getting an extended run out of him which we haven't had yet.

No Massey today, a blow after he played so well last week. That leaves us with three forwards in Warren, Silk and Arnold with barely any experience at this level. Would imagine Silk and Arnold (if he gets on) will have fairly limited minutes though. Hope we can produce another solid display to try and banish the memories of the really patchy, lacklustre efforts at home to Swinton and York.

Indeed, but we are currently on 42 (I think).

I see Dan Okoro and Harvey Makin are back on their travels. In the words of Frank Sinatra, I guess "That's Life"... That's Life, that's what Dan Okoro says Signed for Warrington in April, back at Bradford in May A single game for Wire in June Then one at Swinton, then back at Bulls on loan. This is the second time that Makin, who is a Wigan player, has been removed from what was initially described as a "season-long loan" at Barrow, firstly to go to London, and now to Bradford.

This has to be the mother of all Fev quiz questions. Which 3 Fev players have tried kicking at least once this year but failed? I seem to remember half the team getting a go at Thatto Heath.

As a postscript to this, England has been suspended for two games following his sin binning on Sunday.

Clearly you were right about Turner. Presumably Gorman to full back then with Aekins continuing at half back. Would think as I mentioned earlier Warren will fill the other back row position. Good to see Jack Arnold back in contention, we are a bit short of bodies at the moment.

I agree. Some fans are quick to jump into victim mentality mode whenever one of our players gets banned but it's worth familiarising ourselves with the current sentencing guidelines. Any forceful contact with the head means a charge ranging between Grade D and F and an automatic visit to the Tribunal. This is on the back of the well-publicised multiple litigation with over 100 players starting legal action against the RFL because of brain injuries sustained whilst playing the sport. We might not like the new guidelines, but that's where we are and many sports are having to take action because of these looming lawsuits. We all know Gaz Gale isn't a remotely dirty player, but he clatters people when he tackles them, usually across the chest, and under the current guidelines if you get that wrong and hit the opponent on the head you're looking at a big ban. Was his tackle forceful, yes it was, did he make contact with the head, yes he did (the Whitehaven player failed his head injury assessment and missed last week's game against Toulouse as a result). That's a Grade D to F offence and his ban at 4 games came down on the lighter side of Grade E. It's the same whether you're a SL player or Championship/League 1 - for instance Liam Watts and Michael McIlorum both received a 4-game ban for similar offences earlier tin the season as did Keighley's Kyle Kesik this week.

4 games for Gaz, plus Hardy's 1-game ban confirmed.

If Turner's fit you wouldn't play him at half back and switch Aekins back to full back?

Am reliably informed it's taking place this evening.

He's gone on loan, not DR. We have had plenty of loanees through the door this season too (Hooley, Nakubuwai, Luis Johnson, Toby Warren).