What the hell does the kid have to do to get a game, if giving him a game is giving him a chance in the eyes of the fellas in charge then they're mad. Spose if we're not gonna bother utilising him then theres no point having him in the squad but he deserves better.

Blaymire
Hicks
Gleeson
Atkins
King
Briers
Brough
Rauhihi
Drew
Carvell
Westwood
Ferguson
Demetriou

Higham
Sculthorpe
Wood
Harrison

My my, Tony Smith has been busy this week

Corrrect Robbie. It was a try saver and a brilliant tackle. I would not call it a bit hit though. I never really mentioned Riley as, although he is small, he has a good tackling technique most of the time and can deal with bigger stronger players. Penny seems to go high on most players and he does not have the strength to do so.

He should be taught to go low,if tackling front or side on, before his tackling game can improve.

Im willing to bet that if Briers plays Monaghan wont and vice versa.

Somebody quoted the stat that since the harlequins debacle Briers and Monaghan have hardly been on the pitch at the same time, if at all.

I believe that the rumoured bust up between the two happened either pre or post harlequins.

doesn't take a genius to work out why our halfbacks aint firing.

Whilst I am slightly disappointed that Penny is not in the team, it is not surprising IMO.

He wasn't called up last week due to his reserve team form, he was called up to cover injuries. He did okay, but we are still not in a position where we are using him.

Riley is needed at fb IMO, as Hicks has been terrible there, and we have gone with size and strength in the three-quarters, but with more pace than if Vinnie was there.

Pace is a slight issue for us, but we don't move the ball in our own half anyway, so with our current style, this team will do.