Who is surprised at the ban? I'm not.
It need not be a blow to us against Hull. We managed a draw against them when they had all but Longy on the pitch and we were down to 10 men and a bunch of kids. What we need is ALL our forwards to put in the hard yards for the FULL 80 minutes. If they do that then we have as much chance against Hull with one prop down than against anyone else.
Oh, and we need to keep hold of the bloody ball.
And defend our line.