As announced last night, the squad numbers:

1. Brent Webb
2. Damien Blanch
3. Leon Pryce
4. Zeb Taia
5. Damien Cardace
6. Thomas Bosc
7. Scott Dureau
8. Olivier Elima
9. Ian Hendo Henderson
10. Rémi Casty
11. Sir Steve Menzies Campbell
12. Louis Anderson
13. Greg Mounis
14. William Barthau
15. Antoni Maria
16. Eloi Pellissier
17. Kevin Larroyer
18. Daryl "Mr 69" Millard
19. Mathias Pala
20. Mickael Simon
21. Julien Bousquet
22. Jamal Fakir
23. Lopini Paea
24. Jason Baitieri
25. Viiiiiiiiiinnnnnn-ceeeennnnnnntttt Duuupooo-ooooo-ooooooorrrrttttt (rat ta tat ta tat)

Now remember folks, they're just numbers - something Lo-Fres refreshingly referred to at the do - and mean pretty much sod all. He also added that he is in no way restricting himself to these 25 and has plenty of options in the reserves on whom he can rely.

Why is there no [size=120Jean-Philippe Baile[/size? Has he retired?

Why is prop [size=120Zeb Taia [/sizelisted as a centre? Did they mistakenly think they were buying Zeb "Lucky" Luisi?

JPB still in rehab, I think.

Re Taia - it's just a number. He's not listed as a centre, he's listed as having the number 4 on the back of his shirt.

Zeb played a lot of prop last season, but he is basically a second row who has been known to play centre when there are injuries during a game.
He spent a fair while at the knights defending next to Scot Dureau, with the main job of looking after Scot.
It could be that they are looking at him defending in the centres so Scot can defend out wide.

Thanks for thaat piece of Newcastle Knights inside information.

Worst post ever but:

We had a french winger - forgot his name - after Vincent went to TO, showed promise, played some games, not in the squad. It would help if I could remember his name. What happened to him?

Also, nice to see Barthau in the squad, I thought he'd been finished off by our dead coach days.

I think the omission of JPB probably tells us a lot about where his fitness is and has been the last season or two.

Poor bugger has been battling to get back in the side only to get knackered straight away again.

Hopefully we have that little bit more in the squad now that will enable him to get proper rehab before tyring for another comeback.

I liked the look of Bousquet. He has bulked up a lot since leaving Barcelona.