Bateman seems a cert for centre. It could depend where he plays Bibby and Halsall.
Good to have Ellis back and hopefully O'Neil will get a bench place to interchange with Powell.

I'd prefer Isa at centre - Bateman needs to be in the forwards. Bibby should be dropped after his performance on Friday - he was dreadful in all aspects I'm afraid. He will likely play but if he does I'd want him on the wing.

Thought French was worse than Bibby tbh.

I had sympathy with French - played out of position and simply didn't trust Bibby after his early struggles. At the very least I would have played Bevan on the right (where he played in the NRL) and Miski on the left (where he played all last year).

In the context of what he's done in the past, this breach is minor. He breached an alcohol ban in the run up to Good Friday.

However, he's supposed to be a professional. How hard can it be to stay off the beer for a few days, like the rest of his team mates did?

If he can't do the basic things asked of him and his team mates, he's not a team player so the sooner he's moved on the better.

Partington who is equally poop

Hardaker does NOT travel from Pontefract everyday, he stays in Wigan through the week and Pontefract at weekends

French had no faith in Bibby handling Hurrell, he felt he had to double up, which left Makinson with more space than he should have had. To be fair I had the same lack of faith in Bibby and would have done the same had I been French.

Well whether it was lack of faith or just lack of intelligence he made a lot of wrong decisions. Easy to blame faith in your centre when you do the wrong things.

Hurrell looked like bursting Bibby every time. Pretty sure he did it to him when we played Leeds and we ended up moving him to other side of the field. Only thing Bevan could have done was stick on his wing and watch Bibby get rolled no win situation.

he didnt as Hurrell beat Bibby nearly every time and needed French to come in, This created Makinsons chance, Bibby shouldnt play centre again

Hurrell can beat any SL centre on his day……..

If Fev get promoted than I can see him going there, that's where he started his career.

Heed still better than that level. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him end up Catalans or Wire …

He wants to go to a Yorkshire club. Cant see it being Cas with his history there and Evalds current #1. Featherstone have just signed Kheirallah. Wakefield might be interested and I wouldn't rule out Leeds.

Hardaker will have a number of suitable clubs next season:

Fev (if promoted).
Wakefield
Hull FC
Hull KR
Huddersfield

Obviously there's Leeds & Cas but he has previous there so might want fresh start.

Only Wakey and Fev will he get his favoured full back position I think.

Not even sure on that. I’ve been massively impressed with Jowitt this season for Wakey.

Those two clubs are his only realistic option for the short commute he seemingly wants though.

He’ll end up Catalans or Toulouse!

Could end up at Hull FC. Connor playing full back now but could switch to 6 next year.
HKR have Coote at fb and I can't see Zac replacing him..

Hull making a move for Trueman.

I don't see how when they're in such financial difficulty.

Hull is nearly as far as Wigan

Hull’s training ground is about an hour during the morning commute from Ponty, Wigan is 1h35. As someone who commutes an hour & 10 mins a day makes a big difference.

distance