Strange match coming up. It's 'only' a friendly, but if a British team doesn't win one of these soon then the Aussies will probably walk away from them.

Assuming Brown is fit I would quite like to see Patton and Brown in the halves with Gidley or Johnson at FB. That would allow Russell to move to the wing where he can cause less damage, and Evans to move to centre for the injured King. Livett to come off the bench again as he seemed to do Ok.

I can't see the 'hunt the error' Aussies losing out to a Wire side that looks as though it is still in pre-season. At least this game will get us a little closer to the return of Hill and Ratchford.

What injury did Toby King pickup and how long will it keep him out ?

Hamstring, no news yet but may not be too bad.

Wont see Brown for a couple of weeks yet. Probably wont make the Cas game either from what i am hearing.

Said he felt his hammy. took him off, all tests fine. Would imagine he will be fine for Saturday

Didn't Clark pick up an ankle injury or did he manage to run it off ?

If the aussies hit us hard we may see Brown on Saturday!

Has there been any indication of how many tickets have been sold for this match so far ? Will i need to leave home early ?

It irks me that Brisbane will walk out to woops and applause on Saturday. I'm too young (!) to remember, but surely in the days of Kangaroo/Kiwi tours at Wilderspool it was the opposite?

Why do you say that? I guess they'll walk out with the Wire, which might explain you're comment!?! St George didn't get given any grace (certainly until after the game), so can't see why it'll be any different for Brisbane.

Amazingly,when touring sides were over here it was surprising what good efforts the English club sides made. I remember one Warrington v Australia game in the 60s when some of the best Aussies ever to pull on the shirt turned out against us...Langlands,Irvine ,Dimond, Gasnier, Kelly among other notable players...& we only lost by about 12 points. The clubs had more success against the tourists than we have had so far in the club friendlies.

I'm not bothered in the slightest what happens in this game. Well, that's not true. I don't want us to be embarrassed and I don't want us to get any injuries. But I'm not bothered if we lose.