my choice would be Nikotemo and Griffin on the edges... A word on Nikotemo... He is still just 21 and playing with great maturity... Our left edge of Nikotemo (21) and Pratt (20) is both accomplished and has great potential... Scott gets my vote for the bench... Love Crofty but he is (for me) a quality squad player, as is Josh Rourke... Players you can really rely on but are unlikely to dominate a game... Although I think Rourke has real promise in this aspect of his game.

Croft is just one of those players you need.
Stand him next to someone like Tanginoa and most would laugh and pick Kelepi but Croft makes no mistakes and doesn't drop his effort areas for the whole game.


If you have a line breaker in the team you also need a Croft.

The most physically impactful pack we can pick IMO, if everyone was fit, is McMeeken, Hood, Uele, Storton, Vangana, Pitts. That said, everyone brings a quality of their own. Croft, Nikotimo, Griffin, Rodwell, Fa’atili, Cozza, Smith, Doyle and even Lingard are all proving their worth. 


It’s the best forward line up I can remember in my 50+ years at Trinity. 


Yes we’ve had some amazing forwards in that time, Burke, Ashurst, Kelly, Skerrett, Idle, Rayne twins, McCurrie, Fritz, Jackson but to have a line up like we do all at the same time is outstanding. 

Rourke was top draw well played trinity 

Rourke was top draw well played trinity 

I may have missed it but was Pratt injured or just rested for this game ?
I must admit that Hall and LW are making a good partnership and it was obvious that most of the problems for Catalan came down our right.