He's a modern forward, he'll do both and probably both very well. Reminds me a bit of Fairbank - looking forward to his addition

Mine would be:

1. Halley
2. Sheriffe
3. Sykes
4. Nero
5. Reardon
6. Kearney
7. Orford
8. Scutton
9. L'Estrange
10. Lynch
11. Hall
12. Menzies
13. Langley

Subs
14. Godwin
15. Worrincy
16. Sculthorpe
17. Donaldson

Would expect the Burgess twins to feature as well as Kopzcak, Whitehead and no doubt Platt will be in (although god knows why!!!)

1. Halley
2. Platt
3. Sykes
4. Nero (c)
5. Reardon
6. Kearney
7. Orford
8. Hall
9. L'Estrange
10. Lynch
11. Sheriffe
12. Langley
13. Worrincy

Subs: Godwin, Menzies, Sculthorpe, Scruton

Not much outside the 17. Macca better be praying to the football gods that we don't get any injuries. Light at prop.

lynch
scruton
kopczak
sculthorpe
crossley
t burgess
g burgess

and langley and hall both able to cover their as well. How many props do you want in the squad?

Seriously, the idea of Worrincy in the first choice 13 is scary to me.

The idea of him in the 17 isn't awesome, but a starter?!?!?

Sheriffe in the second row?

I've just had a mad idea about Worrincy.

You know how you can have 2nd rowers playing as centres?
And sometimes centres play as wingers?

well, it seems to me that Worrincy is big, fast and powerful and knows his way to the try line.

so hows about giving him a shot on the wing?

Maybe he could be a new Vainikolo?

I should also point out, I've had a liquid lunch with my work collegues as it's my birthday and i have the rest of the week off after today

I've thought about that aswell, although he can provide good impact off the bench in the second row, providing he sorts his defence out.

Well, the thing is, he's behind Hall and Menzies as 1st choice, Donaldson and Whitehead are snapping at his heels to break into the 1st team. But we're lacking cover out wide. Pair him up with Reardon down the right hand side during a warm up game. See if he cuts mustard

Yeah but if Lynch get injury we are boned. Koppy is hardly a 1st choice at this level, Scully Jnr cannot play in long stints, and the rest would get mullered by an experienced front row. Wonderboy Hall might have to play prop. SHort on quality

Well he is a Big Unit with bit of pace to burn. Maybe he will be less expose in the pack. There is talk Meli will play SR surely if this is the case so can Sheriffe



Also I believe the Worrloard might be a good winger with ball in hand but I am not confident about him fielding high balls or defending on the wing

It's not that hard to train people to defend a high bomb, despite what Platt might be trying to make you think.

And Worrincy's defence can't be any worse than Sheffife's

take peacock out of leeds and they're in a similar position. same can be said for most teams in league. beyond first choice couple of props the quality of props available drops off in most teams. We've got a lot more cover than most in that position and potentially of better quality.

Look at how many tries we conceded last year because Worrincy shot out of the line and left a huge gap.

It was becoming a regular segment on Boots n All for Paul Cullen to highlight it.

Good point.

Saints without Graham, Wire without Morley or Huddersfield without Crabtree.


I expect Kopzcak to improve this year and also Crossley to step up if needed.

without peacock in our side,we have the following props available

Luke Burgess
Ryan Bailey
Ian Kirke
Greg eastwood
Kylie Leuluai
Luke Ambler
Jay Pitts
Kyle Amor

yeah. but that's when he's in the centre of the field. out on the wing the gap is a lot less

It won't take long for it to be exploited though. Any half decent halfback would be able to put his three quarters in opposite a winger that goes renegade that often.

you missed the point. peacock is your stand out prop in the same way lynch is ours. you have similar cover available as we do in a similar range of abilities, some good, some not so good and some youngsters coming through. no teams going to load up on absolutely top notch props in case the first choice ones are injured.

Without Lynch :

Scruton
Sculthorpe
Kopzcak
Crossley
Hall
Langley
T Burgess
G Burgess

Ours doesn't look too shabby either tbf

1. Reardon
2. Halley
3. Platt
4. Nero
5. Sheriffe
6. Kearney
7. Orford
8. Scrutton
9. L'Estrange
10. Hall
11. Menzies
12. Lynch
13. Langley

Subs:

14. Sykes
15. Godwin
16. Sculthorpe
17. Worrincey

Lynch is not a second rower in a million years. He would be wasted there when we have Menzies, Hall and Langers. Hall is primarily a back rower, Lynch is primarily a prop, why change them ?

Thing is, it's such a basic mistake you'd think he'd have learned by now wouldn't you?

It's surely quite simple to ensure you're not rushing out and isolating yourself in the line, he's got players either side of him too that should be talking to him and keeping him in line if he's too dumb to remember.

Hopwefully he'll show some improvement in this area next year. If he can sort it out he'll be a useful impact forward, he does run some superb lines in attack.

We need better assistants?