Jake Connor's Hull FC return provides Brett Hodgson with difficult spine conundrum

Jake Connor is back and that's an enormous boost for Hull FC. Can he salvage their season? It doesn't need salvaging, they're sixth.

But can he help push them up the table and secure a play-off sport? The answer is undoubted; yes. They score more points and win more games when he plays and it's shown in the percentages. The difficulty now is that so many others are out as well and they have more of a job on their hands than just throwing Jake back in there and winning again all of a sudden.

What will be interesting is team selection, will Jake play fullback, will they leave Jack Walker in there and push him into the halves with Luke Gale or could they even play him centre? You'd have to say that if they play him fullback, what was the point for Jack Walker? There's Will Smith to consider in this too, FC haven't signed him not to play him. It's not a bad predicament to be in but not one that's easy to piece together. There's Ben McNamara to consider, too, who will eventually return from a hamstring setback following a back injury.

I do wonder about centre. I'm sceptical of Griffin in there now as that Achilles injury seems to have done him for the speed he had and it's noticeable. He was found out last week on the scrum, Field goes around everyone to be fair, but he was in a poor position and it might be the only play Brett Hodgson needs to see to say back-row.

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Brett has some big decisions to make now and they've got to be carefully considered as they're still well in the hunt for the six. Having Jake back boosts those chances but team selection has to be bang on and with so many new players and combinations it