What's the deadline for naming your 19?

If He was going to miss a game then I'd rather Holdsworth missed this game and by "fit" for the Easter period , Looking at the conditions , It's going to be route one rugby anyway.

Christ knows but u can draft in for injuries...i think.

Might still have enquired and been knocked back. Fair enough though - most likely my second reason then.


As I said, that was based on recent comments in press conferences when he's mentioned how many players we have who are still learning and 'rookie mistakes' being made. In particular if he thinks that today's game is going to be a defence-dominated slog - and looking at the pitch who'd argue - then he might prefer not to add a player with no SL experience.


We [ireally[/i have to get another HB for next season. Even if we have to kidnap one at gunpoint.

Agree on that Steve and we have a big and mobile pack out today so should suit us better.

Why would he make decisions just for the sake of it? Don't understand.

You can swap players in case of injury, but not if a player in the 19 had a pre-existing injury or medical condition. For example, if Holdsworth was poorly/injured and we named him in the 19 hoping he'd get fit enough to play then we couldn't swap him out if he didn't.

Tom's played 9 games for us, and Ben Crooks has only played 20 games in his career so hardly a wealth of experience there.

That is a must...we will have some serious money freed up and i wouldnt take up the 3rd yr option on Heremia either...use Cunningham as Houghtons back up and Heremias money for a H/B...few murmers about Gaskell mind.

Both not out of place though are they.

What about a back up hooker?

H/B has to be our no 1 target for next season .

Agreed. Would look at some out of favour young NRL halves, long contract.

Looks a bad day to be a full-back. I'd have thought Whiting was the option today, he's the safest pair of hands you've got.

Problem is this is a pretty small pool to fish in, and even smaller when you take visas into account.

True, it's difficult. The way I would look though.

Read post again...i said Cunningham

So you would have Houghton doing 80 every week?

I said use cunningham as back up hooker......you being deliberatley thick.

".use Cunningham as Houghtons back up"

Eh? By back up do you mean bench?? I would call that bench hooker, or rotation hooker.

Oh very bloody clever...use Cunningham to rotate by coming off the bench for Houghton....how is that.

Not clever, I just didn't read it like that. Chill. So, going back to it, who would be our back up hooker, i.e. come in for injuries?

CUNNINGHAM

We'll leave it there, I think.