Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:24 pm  

Wire squad: Matty Ashton, Joe Bullock, Daryl Clark, Ben Currie, Josh Drinkwater, Matt Dufty, James Harrison, Leon Hayes, Adam Holroyd, Sam Kasiano, Peter Mata'utia, Josh McGuire, Tom Mikaele, Greg Minikin, Matty Nicholson, Stefan Ratchford, Josh Thewlis, Paul Vaughan, Danny Walker, Tom Whitehead, George Williams

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:26 pm  

McGuire as been included in the 21 but if he does get banned they will not be allowed to replace him in the 21.

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:28 pm  

No Russell

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:48 pm  

Douglas Black wrote:

No Russell

Going with Thewlis on the wing then.

[Wanderer]

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:01 pm  

... or Minikin ?

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:02 pm  

If McGuire does find himself, in the words of Clarkson, 'suddenly unbusy' then I'm assuming that Harrison moves to Loose Forward and that either Holroyd or Whitehead get their chance coming off the bench.

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:11 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

... or Minikin ?

I would imagine that, assuming Thewlis is the first choice winger following the warm up games, then Minikin has been included in the 21 in case of injury / illness as he can cover wing or centre whereas Russell is an out and out winger. Holroyd as cover for the halves.

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:45 pm  

Russell was due to start but has been ill all week per WG

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:55 pm  

Doubt McGuire will play, but for him to be included in the squad means there’s maybe more to this than we know. Interesting that the club haven’t actually disciplined him too, which I’m sure they’d be straight on to if it was a straightforward case of unacceptable conduct.

I guess we’ll see.

Re: Squad for Leeds. : Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:31 pm  

If McGuire plays the 17 picks itself.
If he doesn't then I can see Harrison going to 13, Bullock being a starting prop and Whitehead being on the bench (or Holroyd - depending on the tactics DP wants to play).