think I d start with thiis lneup and see how it goes



1. halley

2. sheriffe

3. nero

4. sykes

5. reardon

6. kearney

7. orford

8. scrtuton

9. godwin

10. lynch

11. langley

12. hall

13. menzies



14. l'estrange

15. sculthorpe

16. kopczak

17. donlaldson



dont want to see sykes paired with sheriife again. If sheriffe cant switch sides then swap sykes for platt to strengthen that sides defense up. See godwin as a better starting option at this point thouigh that could change once Ive seen how l'estrange goes. think menzies would create a bit more than langers at loose and would like him to be rotated a fair bit with donaldson to give him max gametime hence his inclusion on bench.

He's better than a lot of other clubs' fourth props.





Btw, I hope Sykes has worked on his defence this off season, because we could use his attacking flair in the three quarters, but only if he is no longer a liability in defence.

thing to remember with kopczak is he's still relatively young for a prop and still learning and bulking up. props dont hit their peak until their late 20's as a rule. sam and luke burgess are the obvious exceptions to that





Id go as far as to say if sykes has improved defensively I'd leave him out and put platt in, who is a lot stronger defensively and is a decent attacking player although maybe not as strong in that department as sykes.

1 HALLEY

2 PLATT

3 MENZIES

4 NERO

5 REARDON

6 KEARNEY

7 ORFORD(C)

8 SCRUTON

9 L'ESTRANGE

10 LYNCH

11 WHITEHEAD

12 HALL

13 LANGLEY



SUBS

14 GODWIN

15 DONALDSON

16 SYKES

17 SCULTHORPE

I still have some concerns that our pack won't be 'nasty' enough. We've got a pack full of grafters and we also have some quality ball handlers. But do we have many in our pack who the opponents actually fear?



Whilst we now have a scrum half who can take control of the game, I just hope our forwards will be able to hold their own against the very best packs in SL.

Thats my concern too especially if say langley & menzies are out with injuries at the same time, we'll have to put a young pack out against some monster ones, im just thinking back to saints at home last season puletua & co ran over us.

IMO best way to resolve the Halley / Kearney position dilemma would be to play Halley at fullback in defense and Kearney on the wing but allow Kearney the free moving attack the fullback has to take advantage of his support play and postioning and move Halley to the wing during attack to take advantage of his speed.



The only problem with this is should we kick to the corner and they counter attack, Halley could be caught short.

Sculthorpe gets in the oppositions faces a bit and will provide good impact off the bench. Scruton can be nasty, and he puts some monster hits in defence. I don't think our pack will be a worry really.

Menzies to centre and Whitehead to start ?



Bit too early for Whitehead imo, plus L'Estrange is much better coming off the bench.

1. Michael Platt

2. Jason Crookes

3. Dave Halley

4. REARDON

5. KEARNEY

6. Paul Sykes

7 ORFORD

8 MENZIES (C) or SCULTHORPE

9 L'ESTRANGE

10 LYNCH

11 SCULTHORPE or MENZIES

12 HALL

13 Michael Worrincy



sub

14 LANGLEY

15 . Rikki Sheriffe

16 . Craig Kopczak

I am cinvinced its a pis5take and not just a thick person now. Menzies prop, Worrincy Loose and 3 subs ? Kearney wasted on the wing ? Reardon and Halley centres ?





Even though its a pis5take its still a ridiculous post

Kearney's best position is full back without doubt, that causes a problem then with where to play Sykes and Halley, will they play Kearney out of position?



The Bulls look to be weak at 6 imo without an out and out stand off



If the club arn't going to sign anyone else, i could see Menzies playing there this season for some games