There is also likely to be a debut for Castleford full-back Niall Evalds in the absence of Sam Tomkins - who, as expected, is ruled out with the knee injury he carried into the Grand Final with Catalans Dragons. fz2251 "We're looking at really extending the performance environment at London Pulse and continuing to create a world-class performance environment for our athletes," Bird, who will be joined by Performance Director Lisa Alexander, said. fz2251 Funmi Fadoju, Halimat Adio, Lindsay Keable and Ellie Rattu are amongst a group of 10 returnees as Pulse set their sights on driving their standards on and off the court. fz2251 "It was all quite pedestrian in the first half but in the second half, City committed players forward, ran at Villa, got players in the box. Once they got the two goals in quick succession, they had confidence and momentum. fz2251