If that's the plan for the season when Tansey is out or were short in the centres I would rather have Hall, a decent centre will run rings round him. Great second rower but never a centre

We need 2 backs...simple as.

It's all part of Agar's masterplan to eventually fill the starting XIII with back rowers.

Your having a laugh. If the Tansey rumours are true we need atleast three posssibly four players and sharpish. Another season down the pan i think

Im waitng for the official announcement on that and if he has then yes we do need more backs....id go all out for Phelps now and see who else we can pick up

Play people in the right positions FFS.

We can't. With Niklas, Tansey, and Horne out of the squad our options at centre and FB are extremely limited. Might have been worth drafting in one of the youngsters mind.

Cunningham or Briscoe

Not sure of the bench due to missing the start of the game due to Radio coverage but could have played Lyne< Briscoe or Cunningham.

Agar must have known about Tansey for the last few days.

I think that Whiting to FB, Briscoe to Centre, Lyne to the Wing would have been the best option, and the least messing the team around or playing people out of position.

Would have made much more sense to me to give Lyne another run and have a look at how Briscoe would go at centre.

IMO we need -

A full back
A centre
A first choice half back
A back up half
An interchange hooker

Thats five players needed with only a couple of weeks left till the season opener. Whata fecking joke and a total disaster all rolled into one.

2 half backs there and still the situation hasnt been resolved...the minute 1 half back is missing...the whole back line goes to pot......even the decsion to let Hall go is now a mistake.

Lyne is on the bench. We might well see that happen at some point.

That would be my preference.

Lets not forget that this is a friendly and the chance to try some different things out.

I expect so, I just don't see the sense in that at all. Much better to start that way and change it if it's not working. Manu at centre is pretty much pointless.

Some Oscars could be won on this forum!

Thought it was you who championed the idea of him playing centre

I'd said a few times a while ago that it might be an option yes.

the commentators keep saying "blowing the cob webs away"! is that what we was doing all last season to! Sounds exactly the same. final score CAS 28 - 10 Hull

It's a friendly. My guess would be that Agar is interested in seeing particular combinations and isn't worried about what order he tries them in.

Exactly.

2 weeks to start of season, and agar dosnt know who's going play where! where in the e!

Firstly, we've already seen Manu have a couple of spells at centre in SL with injuries, so we know a bit about what he can do there. Secondly, surely the best thing to do is try combinations in the order of preference in which you're likely to use them? If Manu really is a preferred option at centre than Briscoe, I fear for our selection policy again this season.