Think Tickle needs a good game have not being impressed with him in pre - season

Well done RA !!





Might aswell fasten that rod to your back from the very first game !! Saints pack must be terrified at the thought of having to deal with Radford, Cusack AND Dowes in the same 17 !!

Turner and Washbrook will be the unlucky ones. Hall to start on the wing.

Two props on the bench with Houghton/Berro and either Manu/Lauiki as the others depending on who starts.

Much as I'd have liked to have seen Moa play, I don't think his absence is going to make a difference to how much 'terror' the Saints pack will feel. Also, given the conditions this game could easily end up as a grind - and the pack Agar has picked is better suited to grinding than one with Moa in it.

Let's see how it goes. I'm more interested in how the side plays than who gets picked, and Radford and Dowes have been pretty good in pre-season.

Tansey
Hall
Whiting
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
Cusack
Berrigan
O ' Meley
Manu
Tickle
Fitzgibbon

Radford
Dowes
Lauaki
Washbrook

Bit dissapointed Moa hasn't made the squad really.

Gone for washy instead of houghton. Berro should be good for 30 mins each half, washy to cover the rest and also give fitz a breather, can't see him making 80mins against saints

1 Tansey
2 Hall
3 Whiting
4 Yeaman
5 T. Briscoe
6 Horne
7 Long

8 Cusack
9 Berrigan
10 O'Meley
11 Fitzgibbon
12 Tickle
13 Washbrook

14 Houghton
15 Manu
16 Lauaki
17 Radford

18 Turner
19 Dowes

Not happy with the exclusion of Moa, I'd have him in the 17 over Dowes, Radford and Cusack every day of the week. If Calderwood is injured then fair enough. Gone with Whiting over Turner for his defence and experience, a Turner and Hall partnership would be very inexperienced. Put Hall on the wing as I think you've got to find a place for him. Gone with Cusack over Dowes as its a complete waste of a quota spot if you don't.

People moaning about Radford, Dowes and Cusack in the squad need to remember that our pack was not the big problem last year. Radford has the weght of the captaincy removed from his shoulders and in the Rovers friendly he looked like a new player to me.
We still have impact with Manu and Lauaki and if Meley is played from the bench he will also add to that.

Give the team and coach a chance before moaning about it. We all have our favourites in the team and we are dissapointed when they are not in.

couldnt of put it better myself,well said.

also does anybody actualy no why moa is not in?




















































Didnt think so.

no info about Calderwoods "injury" anywhere that I can see, I hope the increased communication isn't waining.

Moa didn't pull up any trees in his outings last year. He is relatively inexperienced when it comes to SL so i think Agar may well be right to go with an experienced pack. Meley and Fitz have seen it all in the NRL.

Calderwood is somewhat of a mystery and it must be down to injury or a disciplinary matter.

Was for me.

Well thats it for me....burning season pass,not going Sat and wont be buying owt else again.....Moa out is no great shakes and tbh im not all that fussed on him......dont think him or Calderwood being out will make all that much difference...its going to be heavy going and utilising Radford,Dowes and Cusack could be for the best.

I do......






























Cos he wasnt picked !!

I would go for that looks more solid.

So Turner gets to sort out Big SOL !!!

Fell off a lifeboat

exactly, lets see what happens first, I though Radford looked a different player in the rovers game aswell.

I'm sorry but those looking for some sort of tactical reason as to why Dowes, Radford and Cusack are all playing at the expense of Moa are clutching at straws. Its simply down to not having the balls to tell one of the three that they are dropped, simple as that. We now have 3 props who couldn't break an egg let alone a tackle. 3 into 2 just doesn't go so I suggest Mr Agar needs to grow a pair and decide which 2 to go with for the good of the team and if it puts 1 players nose out of joint so be it. The strength of the squad was supposed to allow Agar to pick players on form, on form Cusack doesn't deserve his spot. From what I understand Calderwood is not injured so dropping him to accomadate Hall on the wing is just bizarre! If you Hall needs to play then again, grow a pair, and pick him in his best position. Will these changes be the difference between winning and losing at Saints? Who knows but I'm alot less confident now.

I thought he did, but then, I also thought that Moa did. Cusack looks underdone and ought to have missed out, IMO.

What do you know? If Calderwood isn't injured, I don't see why the club should say he is unless it's a disciplinary issue they're trying to keep in house. If he's just been dropped in favour of playing Hall out of position, then why not say so?

You certainly seem convinced, and I wouldn't dismiss your information out of hand without knowing the source, but I find it hard to believe that Agar would put his job at risk just to keep some players happy. He knows that failure will see him sacked sharpish, so why take that chance?

Agreed. Hall will be scoring tries for fun at rovers next year

About 7.30 on Saturday

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