Briscoe got totally owned by Welham when playing opposite him at Cardiff.

Maybe Briscoe no longer has any plans to move into the centre.

I'm a massive Tom Briscoe fan. I love seeing him with the ball in space but his all-round game hasnt developed enough in the past 3 years to be considered a potential international centre. I fear that we wont see him given the opportunity at club level to prove himself either.
In terms of the Yeaman/Welham argument, i think Welham wins hands down but i suppose as a Robin i would. Yeaman will get my support on saturday though and i think he will impress at the KC against a limited Kiwi threequarter line. However, i will allow myself a quiet grumble if he plays like he did last week.

From what I've seen Welham would suit this England's sides style more than Yeaman, but in saying that I expect Yeaman to have a big game on Saturday.

Whether Welham is better than Yeaman or not is a mute point as Yeaman has been picked and will play on Saturday (I assume) as such we need to support him and the rest of the boys. I still think both he and Reed will struggle because neither of them will have a clue what their SH is going to do.

Nail on the head, so many times Yeaman and Briscoe have ran into the gaps in front of them and Chase just runs side ways and seems to be expect to drop one of them off and they end up over running him and he spins around and gets tackled.

I don't see where welham wins "hands down" to be honest. Obviously macnamanra feels the same and I doubt any non rovers supporting rugby fan would be of the same opinion.

welham may well go one to be a better centre than yeaman but he currently isn't. His defence is awful (I know some sap will come out with the old "justin told him to come charging out of the line" excuse, but I doubt he told him to completely miss the man he was charging at on so many occasions).

I don'tactually believe either yeaman or welham are particularly good centres and if we had any decent English ones then neither would be even considered for the international team.

As for Briscoe, I think he'll be devastating at centre when he finally makes the switch there but at 21 he has plenty of time left to move inside

I suppose that with fox now gone that briscoe has to be some rovers' player's "biatch" in the tiny world in your head

Christ, don't let the Cas fans hear you say that, they'll be accusing you of racism.

Welham is developing nicely and may well become the England left centre in the future but outside of East Hull I dont know anyone who thinks he is the real deal just yet or that he should be the left centre in the current England set up!

Anyway would you want Welham to make his full international debut this year against the Ozzies or Kiwis defending alongside Rangi Chase?

I think you might be right. I think there are a few players that haven't quite hit it so far, but having come this far, contiuity is the way to go IMO. Especially with a few changes possibly enforced in the forwards. Fingers crossed. It's now or never for this tournament.

Totally agree, I think a few are asking about Welham purely on his try scoring stats for this year but I personally think he's a year or so away and as you say alongside Chase he would have ended up taking the criticism Yeaman is in some quarters.

I'm not sure if England work set plays or not but the number of times Chase ran across the line and dummied to the 1st , 2nd and finally winger before getting caught in the line was ridiculous. Cas fans can accuse me of what they like but for me the emperor isn;t wearing any clothes.

Chase is

Seconded it dum dum

:me i would put chase on the bench and bring him on later when players are getting tired i don't rate him at all i would sooner have dobbo lot better player

I think you're on to summat here...Come on Mrs.B,WHY was you there??
I'm pretty sure no Rovers fan would go to the Hull shirt launch.Awaiting a prompt reply as always,
Yours sincerely,10-5

I hope we win, another red and white victory over black and white at the kc for me

So, where's everyone sat?

We are front row of the West Upper, should be a cracking view of the game. Lets hope the team performance matches the occasion.

Don't know, I'm not responsible enough to either buy or hold my ticket.

I usually only get to hold it at the turn stiles.

Chase is poop because he has not gelled with a new team in a short space of time?

He's just greedy, works for him every few games and he looks a hero, reality is he's just a poor mans Thomas Leuluai.

West upper UPP8, wherever that is, not sure how near front. Will seem very strange to look at the East Stand and see someone else in my seat.

I hope I'm not in the upper, I've been up there before and I don't think the atmosphere's as good.

North Stand N3 - just to the right of the sticks I think it is

Sodding hell. Upper west, turnstile 17. Currently in Garbutt's? It's funny.

South stand s2 wherever that is.