Quote ="Offside Monkey"Who're the Giants front rows now? Skandalis left, didnt he? Who does that leave - Mason, Griffin and Crabtree?'" Crabtree is injured - news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 897862.stm Can see Puletua playing prop for this match.

Quote ="Offside Monkey"Who're the Giants front rows now? Skandalis left, didnt he? Who does that leave - Mason, Griffin and Crabtree?'" Crabtree is injured - news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 897862.stm Can see Puletua playing prop for this match.

He does, looks like Andy Raleigh.
But he's crap, isn't he?

Hmmm, real bad luck for the Cats that.

had shoulder surgery over the winter

1. Wellens
2. Gardner
3. Gidley
11. Gilmour
29. Armstrong
6. Pryce
7. Long
16. Puletua
9. Cunningham
15. Hargreaves
13. Flannery
12. Wilkin
14. Roby

20. Frodsham
17. Clough
23. Fa'asavalu
21. Wheeler

not too disastrous IMO.

we will miss Graham; Frodsham cant do any worse than Cayless last week - and Wheeler has a bit of X-Factor.

I'd swap Clough with Roby, but apart from that, still a very good side.

Just a bit. We're pretty much relying on Puletua to make big yards for us. Maurie and Hargreaves were anonymous last week and will need to be alot better if we're to take the spoils this week.

If we win this one, it'll be a very good win.

It could the usual early season game we lose against an average team.

Id go with that

Could we use this early season game to give the kids a run out and see what they can do? Also interchange experienced members around during the game to see where they can play at a push considering our limited squad?

Wellens
Gardner
Gidley
Gilmour
Armstrong
Wheeler
Long
Hargreaves
Cunningham
Puletua
Wilkin
Flannery
Pryce

Clough
Fa'asavalu
Dixon/Ashurst/Frodsham
Roby

Your desperate to see Pryce at loose aren't ya?

So what the injuries to Graham and JC?

IIRC Graham was hamstring? or am i completely off the mark.

JC, well i'm assuming it is his knee(s). I really like JC, he's a great player when close to full fitness but i really don't think he is anywhere near fit. He could barely walk properly behind the sticks at the Wire game. I think he's going to be long term before he's remotely close to fitness.

As for the Hudds game. Even with a full team i think we'd struggle but with the squad i'd be more than happy to come away with anything.

Puletua is doing what Graham had to do last year.

Hopefully not playing 80 mins though.

He's "possibly" Saints best attacking weapon when he can be bothered... may aswell give him the role the entitles him to attack and pop-up whenever and wherever?

Graham hamstring
Cayless trapped nerve in his shoulder which was sustained falling in training



IIRC

I think he would do OK, at loose forward, i wasn't disagreeing. I just noticed you put him loose in your team for next year and then your team for Sunday. However, i'd leave him at stand off, although that doesn't mean he wouldn't do a job at loose forward.

Yeah swapped next years team

Gone for more experience! I do think that while regulars are out the kids should get the chance, at the end of the day they need to get used to it for when the eventually take over from the more mature squad members. I really would like Wheeler to get some game time, he has lots of admirers including Matt Gidley at a recent forum I went to.

Hargreaves will have to do the big minutes on Sunday with no Graham.

in that case were is jamie foster

Not in the squad.

Wellens
Gardner
Gidley
Gilmour
Armstrong
Pryce
Long
Hargreaves
Cunningham
Puletua
Flannery
Clough
Wilkin

Roby
Wheeler
Fa'asavalu
Frodsham

Will be interesting to see how armstrong does again on the week, he had a solid game last week with a few errors but nobody is perfect

Its good to see fans getting behind him. Yes he made a few errors but unlike other sets of fans we didnt pick up on that and make large of it instead we made a point of his well taken try and pretty solid performance. The kids will grow with confidence and fans getting behind him will give him that

meh i made a big typo there lol... on the week wtf i meant on the wing.

I like seeing home grown british players coming through the ranks. Gives us a stronger position to work from and if the kids get more than the odd game here and there we will go far.