Now the World Cup is done and dusted the start if the 2014 season doesn't look so far away, some teams will be starting their pre season fixtures in a months time.

Whilst recruitment isn't yet complete, how does you side look to be shaping up for the beginning of the season. What would be your first choice 17.

Hull FC

1. Shaul
2. Lineham
3. Crooks
4. Arundel
5. Talanoa
6. Rankin
7. Miller
8. Paea
9. Houghton
10. Green
11. Ellis
12. Tuson
13. Westerman

14. Feka
15. Watts
16. Whiting
17. Heremaia

Difficult to call Saints' first choice, this is Nathan Brown after all, but I'd go:

1 Lomax
2 Makinson
3 Turner
4 Percival
5 Swift
6 Hohaia
7 Walsh
8 Amor
9 Roby
10 Laffranchi
11 Manu
12 Soliola
13 Wilkin

14 Masoe
15 LMS
16 Walmsley
17 Jones

I think we have a powerful pack with genuine bench impact in Masoe/Walmsley, good pace in the backs, a very good organising/kicking 7 and some decent depth thereafter in the likes of:
Backs: Wellens/Wheeler/Gardner/Dawson
Forwards: Clough/Flanagan/Beaumont/Greenwood/Walker/Richards/Thompson

I fancy us to be a genuine trophy threat this year.

As it stands (more signing to come)

Mathers
Fox
Collis
L Smith
Lyne
Sykes
Goulding
Moore
MCShane
Raleigh
Lauitiiti
Kirmond
Washbrook

Wildie
Tautai
Anderson
D Smith

Trinity

1 Mathers
2 Fox
3 Collis
4 Smith L
5 Lyne
6 Sykes
7 Goulding (rumoured to have signed)
8 Raleigh
9 Mcshane
10 Anderson
11 Walshaw/Tautai
12 Kirmond
13 Annakin

14 Wildie
15 Smith D
16 Moore
17 Lauitiiti

A number of halves have been linked with the club. Bosc being one and Josh Drinkwater is another. Bobbie Goulding junior is rumoured to have signed a contract extension but this has not been confirmed.

1. Matty Russell
2. Chris Riley
3. Chris Bridge
4. Ryan Atkins
5. Joel Monaghan
6. Stefan Ratchford
7. Richie Myler
8. Chris Hill
9. Mickey Higham
10. Roy Asotasi
11. Trent Waterhouse
12. Ben Westwood
13. Simon Grix

14. Michael Monaghan
15. Ben Harrison
16. Paul Wood
17. Ben Currie

Still looking strong despite losing Briers/Hodgson/Morley/Carvell etc. and it'll be interesting to see if Ratchford and Russell can make the step up.

Who knows with McDermott butit will probably look something like this:

Hardaker
Briscoe
Watkins
Moon
Hall
Sinfield
McGuire
Kylie
Burrow
JP
JJB
Delaney
Ablett

Aiton
Bailey
Ward
Achurch

Not sure, depends if the Doctor has finished trying to buy the world or not.

Unfortunately number six seems to be going to one Mr Chase of spurious English roots.

Expecting off-the cuff/maverick/not on the same wavelength has his team mates type of rugby.

I think the way that the squad numbers have gone suggests Sandercock will go with something like:

1. Greg Eden
2. Ben Cockayne
3. Kris Welham
4. Sean Gleeson
5. Dave Hodgson
6. Travis Burns
7. Kris Keating
8. Justin Poore
9. Josh Hodgson
10. Michael Weyman
11. Kevin Larroyer
12. Neville Costigan
13. Jamie Langley

14. Adam Walker
15. Graham Horne
16. Jason Netherton
17. Jonny Walker

Although likelihood is that Keal Carlile will be on the bench instead of 1 of the above as rotation hooker. A lack of recognised goalkicker is a bit of a concern.

I can't wait

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8 Krasniqi
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11 McMeeken
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#selectionheadache

There's a lot of pacey looking backlines next year.

Rhinos back line looks scary quick

Giants
1 Grix
2 McGilvery
3 Cudjoe
4 Wardle
5 Murphy
6 Brough
7 Robinson
8 Crabtree
9 Lunt
10 Kopczek
11 Ferres
12 Chan
13 Bailey
14 Lawrence
15 Patrick
16 Fiaimu
17 Ta ai

Hard to say but possibly-

Bowen
Charnley
Goulding
Thornley
Burgess
Green
Smith
Flower
McIlorum
Pettybourne
Hansen
Farrell
O'Loughlin

Subs
Taylor
Dudson
Bateman
Tomkins

That Hull KR front row doesnt half look mean. Weyman and Poore.

Is Richard Horne not playing this year? Can you lend him to Wakefield for a bit, he'd fit nicely in our 7 spot.

For Bradford I'd pick;

1. Kearney
2. Kear
3. Blythe
4. Henry
5. Foster
6. Gaskell/Gale
7. Sammut
8. Scruton
9. Diskin
10. Manuokafoa
11. Ferguson
12. Addy
13. Donaldson

14. O'Brien
15. Winterstein
16. Sidlow
17. Carvell

(Although that's probably different to what I thought of a few weeks ago!

He will have plenty of involvement this season, I just don't think he will be first choice anywhere. Depends on Radford. Will he think that two half backs with a combined age of 42 is too big a risk, or will he think that having flown them half way around the world he has to play them.

I thought Kear looked excellent when played from fullback during the WC. He has bags of pace and is quite inventive. Seems he is developing quite well and he may be better employed inwards from the flank.

Bowen
Charnley
Goulding
Thornley
Burgess/Sarginson
Green
Smith
Flower
McIlorum
Taylor
Hansen
Farrell
O Loughlin

Pettybourne
Crosby
Dudson
Bateman

1 Lomax
2 Makinson
3 Turner
4 Jones
5 Swift
6 Wheeler
7 Walsh
8 Amor
9 Roby
10 Laffranchi
11 Wilkin
12 Manu
13 LMS

14 Hohaia
15 Soliola
16 Masoe
17 Walmsley

... Maybe

Russell
Riley
Atkins
Evans
Monas

Ratchford
Myler

Asotasi
Higham
Hill
Westwood
Waterhouse
Grix

Wood
England
M.Monas
Harrison/Currie/G Riley

Looking forward to this year as I'm really not too sue what to expect from that team. A few big names gone and I don't think we've replaced them adequately enough, but lets hope youth prevails. Wigan have shown that it can be done last year so lets hope that we follow in their footsteps. Mon the Wire.

Not sure what Karl Harrison will go for but I think it will be something like this

1 Fieldhouse
2.Worrincy
3.Cowling
4.Tyrer
5.Potts
6.Brown
7.Johnstone
8.Ambler
9.Kaye
10.Tonks
11.Manning
12.Bracek
13.Murrell
14.Adamson
15.Davies
16.Mennell
17.Divorty

Looking at that where does Broughton fit in? Can't imagine he'll be happy being back up

Hope they don't spend too much time at RLHQ

Broughton will be wearing the 19 shirt, if he,s not happy, he can take it up with Baloo, shouldn,t be a problem, he,s a fast runner, he just needs to make sure he leaves the office door open.