Damn good reason for putting Whiting there then?

Not sure about that. IF he was to move Tansey up I think he would put Rich there - didn't he win a MOM there earlier this season ? It would also mean Calderwood coming directly in to his position.

Briscoe, Charnley, Cockayne, Clinton, Cook, Colbon, Dobson, Fox, Fisher, Galea, Hodgson, Latus, Lovegrove, Murrell, Newton, Netherton, Vella, Watts, Wheeldon

No Welham for Rovers.

I agree....Whiting is solid and reads the game, I believe it should happen, but I doubt Agar will even consider it

No ...... you're probably right there.

My team:-

1) Whiting
2) Calderwood
3) Turner
4) Yeaman
5) Briscoe
6) Horne
7) Tansey


Dowes
9) Houghton
10) Radford
11) Manu
12) Tickle
13) Fitz

14) Moa
15) Lauaki
16) Yak
17) Berrigan/Washbrook

That won't be the side though, Tansey will stay at fullback.

Are you allowed to change the squad before thursday ?

Only if we lose someone due to illness/injury.

We can only hope Fitz is fit and that we don't find out shortly before kick off that he isn't playing.

So still a chance for O'meley then ?

I think O'Meley will play and Lauaki will be left out and Radders will be our second rower.
Tansey
Calderwood
Whiting
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Berro
O'Meley
Houghton
Dowes
Manu
Tickle
Fitz
Subs
Radders
Moa
Cusack
Washbrook

Hall and Turner left out and Lauaki taken ill.

Turner left out ? Scoring too many tries ?

1.Whiting
2.Calderwood
3.Turner
4.Yeaman
5.Briscoe
6.Horne
7.Tansey
8.Dowes
9.Houghton
10.Radford
11.Manu
12.Tickle
13.Fitzgibbon

14.Berrigan
15.Cusack
16.Moa
17.Lauaki

Poor defence IMO, I would love to see Whiting fullback Tansey 7 and Turner 3 but its not gunna happen Agar won't do it so Whiting is more solid than Turner.

same team for me aswell maybe washy for cusack not sure

Im not a fan of cusack, but id rather a prop be on the bench than Stand-off/Loose Forward.

My other option was Fitzy to prop and Washbrook to Loose Forward, but i think we need Fitzy on for the full game, where as if he plays at prop i dont think he will manage 80mins, with the same kind of impact from where he plays at Loose forward.

Turners defence is fine, he is a good solid tackler...I am a massive fan of Whiting however he does not have the pace Turner has, and if we are going to score on Thursday I believe it will be down to speed.

My team from the squad named, for what it's worth:
Obviously if there had been any chance of O'Meley being fit without knackering him for rest of season he's in at prop, Radford to bench Cusack drops out! I'd love to see Ogre flattening Newton et al...ah well maybe in the play-offs!


Whiting
Briscoe
Yeaman
Turner
Calderwood
Horne
Tansey
Dowes
Houghton
Radford
Tickle
Manu
Fitzgibbon

Bench:
Moa
Lauaki
Berrigan
Cusack

1 Whiting
2 Calderwood
3 Turner
4 Yeaman
5 T. Briscoe
6 Horne
7 Tansey

8 Dowes
9 Houghton
10 Radford
11 Tickle
12 Manu
13 Fitzgibbon

14 Hall
15 Burnett
16 Lauaki
17 Moa

no berro?

No, playing $hite.

yeh agree but for a game like this players like berro need to be in the team and burnett been very poor when hes played

That would be my team. Drop Berrigan for definate as he utter 5h1te. Time to get Tansey in the halfs too. We all know it wont happen though

Berro playing poor is still a better option....and who knows maybe just maybe he will fire.

exactly this is a big game and we need our big players to stand up hopefully can turn his form around and id start him from the off at hooker maybe install abit of confidence by starting a game rather then coming of bench, also gives houghton a chance to install some speed and impact after 20 mins after there big guys start to tire.