Yes, he went straight to the dressing room with the medic.

Have you been drinking ?

Fifita is our main go forward, no question and he's not playing.
Sure, some other players may step up but, to suggest that the side that we have will do better than it would with Fifita, Tanginoa and Miller in there, seems a tad far fetched.
Yes, we have Lino in there but, lets face it, Lino, if fit, would have been playing on the back of Fifita etc making some decent yards

He doesn't say they'll be better. He says they'll be no worse.

Pitts will be captain

Try reading it properly.

Under the circumstances, I think they will do ok and maybe better than the full team as it's a let's just go for it scenario. That's not to say I think it's our best team.

As for being far-fetched have you been drinking? Trinity's whole SL story is full of far-fetched victories, how do you think we are still here? Nobody knows that better than WP.

I'm plenty chilled thanks, I just think you are wrong.
As I said, take Fifita out of our squad and we are necessarily weaker.

Like you, I expect a loss so, anything better than a heavy defeat will be a bonus.

More importantly, we will want to be better prepared for our trip to Toulouse in May. We certainly dont want to be making that trip with half a pack.
WE need to make it as tough as possible for the newbies and not give them an "easy" game.

Didn't that head the ball Napa get a ban?

Exactly my sentiments also think so far the club is sadly lacking in its communication strategy - we are putting out half a team yet no explanation, rumours of injuries , players who are injured but we dont know to what extent - is tupo training. Plenty of opportunities to inform the fans and very little forthcoming

Watch Willie's interview on RL with JD. Explains injuries etc.

We're a punters nightmare, impossible to call and often at our worst when we are favourites. Nothing would ever surprise me with us

What do you mean you don’t agree with me, why not admit you just got it wrong? I haven’t predicted anything I just stated the rather obvious fact that it’s often our most written off teams who get the wins. You can’t disagree with that, it’s a plain fact and one of the things that makes Trinity, Trinity.

Of course we may get walloped but it’s not a forgone conclusion.

Don’t buy that argument, in what universe are coaches expected to share there team selection etc with fans.

One game in and the moaning begins.

1. It's a squad. He can play who he thinks is best.
2. He has explained it and someone has actually documented his explanation on here.
3. We've had updates on Tupou and had video of him training on a special machine to protect his injury.

I think you need to take more notice of what the club is saying.

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Back to saturday and been optimistic as possible but cant see anything other than a deafeat we are playing arguably the 2nd best team in the comp away from home with a depleted squad.ill settle for still been in with a chance with 20 mins to go making us competitive.as for the team well sid and sam are playing for reserves tomorrow so i wouldnt expect them to play and i cant imagine lino been risked so heres mine with a few pos changes which some will mock but it my team not what i think wp will go with

1,kaye
2,tommy
3,hall
4,lineham.(i know he isnt acentre but we dont any)
5,murphy
6,jowitt
7,walker
8,arona
9, hood
10,batch
11,ashurst
12,pitts
13,Whitbread

Aydin
Battye
Crowther
Bowes

Although i not named him i wouldnt be fussed to see shaw in if whitbread carrying a injury still

The team I think we will see...

Jowitt
Johnstone
Hall
Lineham
Murphy
Walker
Bowes
Arona
Hood
Battye
Ashurst
Pitts
Batchelor

Crowther Whitbread Aydin Shaw

Arona> Pitts captain

Already named Pitts captain.

No Lino?

Well just had a look on news on club web site and no reference on any of the above,

did i say he wasnt allowed to play who he wanted ?
As regards Tupou as far as I am aware the last update was November 2021
So stand by my original point -
It would appear willie has done something on twitter explaining it as I dont do twitter not quite sure how I would be expected to find it or are you saying that as an ordinary fan I should troll twitter, face book, w.e etc etc to see what's going on (which is how I found the article)?

Dunno but according to pop tart they've done exactly that on twitter it would appear - do you need the link ?

I'm saying as an ordinary fan you should either look on the normal routes the club uses to communicate or don't moan that they don't communicate.
They are not going to send you a personal letter to update you.

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Potato Potatoe…

No Kay? Can play, wing, hooker, half-back.

WP has/is making sure (rightly) that his players don't face any backlash. We said, we have 6 players that can not play in France due to vaccination reasons - in a league where you can be relegated, you never choose to not pick your elite players. The only time would be a winnable following game (We have Saints after) Again, anyone with any sense knows the Anti Vax players.