In my opinion, what I saw from Bullock was more impressive than what I saw from Harrison. But with our depth, 1 prop has to miss out on a bench spot if we put Walker on the bench.

I can't see Philbin getting much game time unless we need to replace McGuire at Lock because of an injury or suspension. Sadly, I think Bullock will be the one to miss out for a while.

But it's nice to know that there is a replacement available that can be effective if we lose anybody.

Those two were by far our best props, and there was a drop in our go forward, and a swing to the oppositions go forward when they were replaced. In 2023, a lot hinges on the performance of Maguire and Vaughn, as I'm not a huge fan of either Dudson, or Kasiano. Having said that, I'm hopeful that they will be better than what we previously had. Apologies for bringing up the unbalanced squad, again, but there's Bullock, Mikaele, Philbin and Harrison who will be getting game time on loan in the championship.

i used to be pretty much the lone voice about this, philbin and site off the bench were a very very good pairing, when sita fell out of favour that was when philbin became less effective

the usual suspects were more concerned with banging on about game time, and lack of hit ups or whatever, ignoring what was happening in front of them

I remember this too as I travelled on one of the club buses. Those 2 Davies tries were absolute class and changed the game in our favour and got us through.

That's really encouraging to hear as well Uncle Rico, really encouraging.

More than happy with the contract extension for Harrison. Harsh to be too critical to date after recovering from serious injury, no pre-season and little go forward from the rest of the pack. To his credit, he has a good engine and will play more minutes and make more tackles than Kasiano, Mikaele and Bullock. He is also is younger than most and can cover most pack positions…ideal for the bench.

Were you disappointed when Sita left?