with 2 new a fit McGuire and jp for start of the season
2 new hooker and Delaney move to the SR and then we have the 2 new boys
and we still have to wait to see were lee smith go in the team
Which player are you looking forward to seeing play ?

There's a few there but Kallum Watkins might be the one to watch.
He's got pace, power and intelligence - tons of potential.
It'll be interesting and hopefully exciting to see how he develops if he gets a decent injury-free run.

Is The Bloodbath allowed to vote more than once?

I'd like to tick them all as im really looking forward to this season, a fast,young and exciting back line and a good balanced pack of fowards, plus some good young uns coming through it should be a good year! but I can't wait to see kallum watkins stay injury free and hit the form he was showing last season.

ps did I mention im really looking forward to this season, see you all at HQ!!!!

Aston Wilson

Richie Spedding. This is his breakthrough year.

Agree Rastrick really loking forward to it.
Fwiw i'm looking forward to seeing ALL our young back line get going but the 1 i voted for is Hardaker i really think this kid can go onto be a top quality player for us for the next decade.

I'd say Watkins, if he stays injury free I think he'll be in England contention come the end of the year. I think we'll have strong contenders for young player of the year in both of our centres.
I'm also looking forward to seeing Hauraki play as I think he'll be determined to make up for the disapointment of missing the grand final after he improved massively towards the end of the year, he'll now realise what playing for a club like Leeds is all about.
Finally I'd say it could be make or break for Smith, how I'd love to see him get close to the form he was showing 2009 when he looked like he was going to kick on to be a top player.

Absolutely agree....and like Schofield he will progress from centre to inspirational stand off.

I am most looking forward to seeing how Zac Hardacre progresses after his first season in SL

This kid has so much potential that it's frightening what he could go on and achieve in the game IMO.

He doesn't look out of place wherever in the back line he plays either, although i think that he will be well suited in replacing Senior this coming season.

I have previously referred to him as being a "Rolls Royce" type of player

I honestly believe that he can go on and justify that claim

A strong contender for next seasons young player of the year

All of them?

Why do you think he will become a stand off? He hasnt played there for Leeds or the academy as far as I know and was FB at Fev. McGuire will be SO for 3 yrs at least and will be replaced by Ward or Briscoe unless we recruit from elsewhere imo!! Does Hardaker have the kicking game for a SO? If he is an international centre in 2/3 yrs time why move him to SO? That would leave a gap in our centres!!

McGuire is better at SH; Ward LF and Briscoe ....no idea



Poor state of affairs if it's unlikely anybody else can step up in the future to play centre; challenge the incumbents and plug 'a gap'

Hardaker simply strikes me as a very gifted natural RL player who will quickly learn to make a success of playing SO. There is no more foundation than that....but I'm willing to stake a substantial bet on it.

Hopefully Ryan Hall will build on his four nations performances. That's what I look forward to!

Zak Hardaker the brightest prospect to come out of the championship in many a year. If he progresses half as much as last season we are in for treat.

Ryan Hall in the centres.

Ryan Hall in the centres.

Zacs coach at Fev Darryl Powell did an interview with YEP towards the end of last season and he said then he sees him as a SO in the future and he also has a decent kicking game and is a usefull goal kicker aswell apparently.
If you watch the GF when we make a break on the 5th tackle towards the end of the match he takes a pass from Webb and puts a cracking kick into the in goal area that forces a drop out and he did it on the run at full speed.
Now of course it could of been lucky but he seemed to be intent on doing that and pulled it off.
Fwiw i'm happy to see him in the 13 and think wherever he's picked he'll do a good job and become a great player over-all for us.
In terms of Stevie Ward i think he'll eventually take Sinfileds place as a creative 13 and Luke Briscoe is a FB/SO but he was gonna get a run out at SO on Boxing Day before he got injured so who knows but my money is on him covering the SO especially if the likes of Jimmy Watson and Josh Sunley become the players their potential suggests they could be.

Is a centre that can put the odd cheeky kick in such an issue? I think he's got the mindset and skill to make any position his own. If he wants to play for England it's probably an easier route at centre with our apparant lack of English quality than it is at SO.

The youthful back line excites me, Hardacker and Watkins in the centres, with the now seasoned Hall and pacey BJB on the wings makes for one of the youngest and fastest in the League. But their inexperience will cost us on a couple of occasions and they’ll need the forwards to step it up a little to cover their greenness.

Hauraki didn’t impressed me at the start of last year and I times I though he was a defensive liability but towards the end of the year he started to really improve +on boxing day he was a contender for my MoM. If he can continue with his upward turn then he’ll be the player we all hoped he would be. Also Delaney has proved himself to be a much better back rower than centre and a continued stint there will only improve him.

I was massively underwhelmed with the singing of Moore but may end up eating my words if he can perform consistently in the same manner as he did after Christmas. The same could be said, to a lesser extent, of Griffin.

But… the player I’m most looking forward to seeing play at the top level is Stevie Ward – if this lad can live up to the hype and get a couple of first team appearances under his belt then he has a very bright future indeed, a young Sinny in the making.

Hardaker for me! Gonna be a gun for the next 10 years!

Kirke coming in third so far

Paul McShane for me, to see if he can make an impact
and show us the player he really can be.
i have watched him for many years play at junior level for parkside
and the rhinos junior and senior teams i think he will take the opportunity
he's been given with both hands and really kick on and establish himself
as our first choice 9 for many years to come, some fans i talk to seem to be writing him
off already saying hood will be first choice in no time, but i feel paul will show us all the talent he has.

I think all the back line is very exciting and we have lots of good quality youngsters coming through.

I know it was only a friendly but Moore looked a better Player than I had given him credit for. And weller Hauraki looked very good boxing day and will be interesting to see how he goes. He did look much improved the second half of last year and certainly from the friendly showing looked to have kicked on again

I think you've taken that comment out of context i was merely highlighting in response to the question about his kicking game.
I think that example shows that he does have the mind-set to use a kicking game and pull it off with success.