Quote ="Cokey"How do you know when it's never been any other way? Over the last 15 years the avg attendance in SL has been around 9/9500 who's to say, that it wouldn't increase if there was more weekend games.? The same goes for corporate.'" All your answers are in this article. www.examiner.co.uk/sport/rugby-l ... t-12026844

Quote ="Cokey"How do you know when it's never been any other way? Over the last 15 years the avg attendance in SL has been around 9/9500 who's to say, that it wouldn't increase if there was more weekend games.? The same goes for corporate.'" All your answers are in this article. www.examiner.co.uk/sport/rugby-l ... t-12026844

i would prefer to see taai in the second row but yes he can play prop too... but having clough, mason and smith as out and out props id go with one of those

Quote ="Wadski"All your answers are in this article. www.examiner.co.uk/sport/rugby-l ... t-12026844'" First of all, I was alluding to SL in general but........ Would it be fair to say that Leeds were already promoted in that middle 8s fixture,so the away support was less?

Quote ="Wadski"All your answers are in this article. www.examiner.co.uk/sport/rugby-l ... t-12026844'" First of all, I was alluding to SL in general but........ Would it be fair to say that Leeds were already promoted in that middle 8s fixture,so the away support was less?

But it was a critical game for us, therefore conversely......

So was the game at LSV,but only a handful of you lot turned up.

Agree with this.

My only concerns are -

Left centre Gaskells defence and injury record.

Prop - a lot will fall on Rapira as the 'senior' prop. Clough has plenty of experience including SL experience but hasn't played SL for a while. Not a fan of prop / second rowers playing prop. Ta'ai should be nowhere near prop. Ikahihifo has played prop alongside Wakeman at the Cutters so may go well there. A few question marks
there as we lost the battles down the middle too often last year.

We need to get off to a good start as we have a bank of tough games about 5-6 games in. As Mamo and Wakeman won't be up to speed until that time we don't want them coming into a team already struggling near the bottom of the league.

Other than that reasonably optimistic.

The one that was on TV?

Exactly. The point that was made in the first place by Durham Giant.

Great.

Well done.

Have a cookie.

Well you challenged it.

i noticed on the website it has taai has a prop/backrower now but i know what you mean by out and out props. Thought taai went well at prop when he played there.

The only critisism l have is Wakeman walking streight into a starting shirt.

think some people are reading into squad numbers that have been given out too much, we know they might not play the exact position that the number suggests

wakeman seems a direct replacement for huby so no problem him going straight in the team if he is ready to go and shows up well in training

wakeman and mamo have come here to prove themselves i feel which is good for us, not coming just for the pay packet

Well Boomer, if Stone considers Wakeman to be the best prop for the job, why would that be a critisism ? He wouldnt be walking into a starting shirt but, he would be worthy of it.

They can- but if they play Sunday- then find that the following game has been switched to Thursday you either have to switch another game also- or have a short turn around.

You will see, now you are in the big boys league, where you are playing week in week out against other full time pro teams the difference it can make if one team has 4/5 days recovery whilst another team has 8.

=#FF0000Atm - the 2017 fixture list doesn't show a 4 day turnaround for any one team.

Don't forget, short turnarounds will always occur anyway, at worse a 5 day turnaround.There is no team that plays on a Sunday then on a Thursday.

If what i suggested that all teams played at the weekend other than when on sky,then if you played on Thursday,then your previous game would've been played on a Saturday.

I can't see a problem with it.

Like I say- you'll see.....

See what?

Remember Wakeman was being considered as someone to bring in "down the line" by Rick Stone.
The fact that Huby left without much notice brought that forward. Initially he was not considered as a first line prop option.

Why wouldn't Wakeman be starting prop no 10 ??

We have Rapira, Wakeman, Mason, Clough and Smith plus Sebastine and in emergencies Ukuma.

Four outright props and two prop/back rowers and probably it was the freeing up of Huby's wages that allowed us to get Shannon.

Because he's never played first grade? Just saying he wasn't in Rick Stones short term plans until Huby left.

Not saying he shouldn't eventually play starting prop but I'd say he needs breaking in gently - remember he'll have had no pre-season with us and consequently will be behind fitness wise.

a few options to replace him with is stone doesnt put him straight in, no team has even been announced yet!

and huby leaving early prob meant that we could afford to bring wakeman in early, better for us!

same with ikahihifo last season and symonds, they were probably 2017 signings for anderson but with the injuries and sl place at risk they came in earlier

phil caplin of the magazine forty 20 has predicted the giants with finish bottom of the sl season....

love it

The highest position I have seen anyone predict us to finish is 9th.

One or two "probablies" in there 84.