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 Squad: Tom Olbison, Dan Fleming, Dale Ferguson, Omari Caro, Joe Lumb, Alex Mellor, James Clare, Jay Pitts, Mitch Clark, Kurt Haggerty, Oscar Thomas, Kris Welham, Matty Blythe, Danny Addy, Etu Uaisele, Steve Crossley, Rhys Lovegrove, Paul Clough, Lee Gaskell.
 
 Think Jimmy will go
 
 1. James Clare
 2. Omari Caro
 3. Kris Welham
 4. Matty Blythe
 5. Etu Uaisele
 6. Lee Gaskell
 7. Oscar Thomas
 8. Paul Clough
 9. Danny Addy
 10. Rhys Lovegroce
 11. Dale Ferguson
 12. Tom Olbison
 13. Jay Pitts
 
 14. Joe Lumb
 15. Steve Crossley
 16. Mitch Clark
 17. Kurt Haggerty/Alex Mellor
 
 Flemming and either Haggerty or Mellor to miss out
 
 
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| Online | Last Post | Last Page |  | May 2019 | May 2019 | LINK |  | Milestone Posts |  |  |  | Milestone Years |  |  |  | Location |  |  |  | Signature |  | TO BE FIXED |  |  | I wouldn't be surprised to see Lumb get the full 80 at hooker, if he can manage it.  Get him as much practice as possible and leave Addy at 7.  If we're going to persist with Addy as scrum half, and Lowes hasn't decided to rest him, I would give him as much practice there as possible.
 Oscar Thomas can play fullback, Clare stays on the wing and have Uaisele on the bench.  If Lumb does need to come off then, you can always shift it into similar positions as Bull Mania has suggested, with Uaisele going into the threequarter line.
 
 I am slightly surprised that if he's going to rest Mathers and O'Brien, there's no Johnny Campbell though.  Seems like the perfect opportunity to give him a go and see how he gets on.  Unless he isn't actually quite fit yet.
 
 
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 I'd go:
 
 Clare
 Caro
 Welham
 Blythe
 Uaisele
 Gaskell
 Addy
 Clough
 Lumb
 Crossley
 Olbison
 Ferguson/Haggerty
 Pitts
 
 Thomas
 Clark
 Lovegrove/Fleming
 Mellor
 
 Give one of Ferguson or Haggerty a rest, and I can't decide between Fleming or Lovegrove for bench prop.
 I would use Thomas as our bench hooker, but only in an attacking sense. When Dewsbury have the ball I'd have Addy defending in the middle and Thomas move out wide. Give Lumb as much game time as he can manage.
 
 
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 I'd go for this
 
 Thomas
 Caro
 Welham
 Blythe
 Clare
 Gaskell
 Addy
 Clough
 Lumb
 Crossley
 Pitts
 Ferguson
 Lovegrove
 
 Olbison
 Clark
 Haggerty
 Fleming
 
 
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 Also would like to see Fleming given ago ahead of Crossley.
 
 1.Thomas
 2.Clare
 3.Blythe
 4.Welham
 5.Etu
 6.Gaskell
 7.Addy
 8.Clough
 9Lumb
 10.Lovegrove
 11.Haggerty
 12.Olbison
 13.Pitts
 
 Clark
 Fleming
 Ferguson
 Mellor
 
 Good impact off the bench!
 
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 Not heard of in ages.'"
 
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A fair point, but judging by Sunday's display, he needs more.
 
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