Darius Boyd Wing..................... Matt Cooper Centre

Neville Costigan Second Row.... Ben Creagh Lock

Nick Emmett Centre .................Daniel Fepuleai Hooker

Mathew Head Halfback............... Ben Hornby Fullback

Dan Hunt Prop........................... Brett Morris Wing

Jason Nightingale Wing................ Mickey Paea Second Row

Justin Poore Prop........................ Luke Priddis Hooker

Matt Prior Second Row................. Alex Ranieri Prop

Jarrod Saffy Second Row ..............Wendell Sailor Wing

Beau Scott Second Row................ Jeremy Smith Second Row

Jamie Soward Halfback .................Chase Stanley Centre

Ricky Thorby Prop......................... Michael Weyman Prop

Dean Young Lock/Hooker

COACH.wayne bennent

If I can offer a weakness, it is at prop. Considering Weyman is so injury and suspension prone, you're left with Poore and Hunt as experienced first-graders and Hunt is really still only borderline experienced.



Other than that, it looks good.

saints lose their 2 best players last year and end up with a heaps better team.



thats bennett.



hooker was a big weakness and priddis is a massive signing



saints were close to getting tonie carroll too.



lots of backs and chase stanley can play centre or in the forwards.

Good squad that but the props look weak without Ryles.

we are going too play ball this year

Look forward to watching them, there going to be a much improved tea. They look pretty dam good on paper....

weyman, jeremy smith for the price of ryles?



he had a good season last year but directly cost saints a couple of games.



if you saw what he didnt against cronulla at homebush the guy is a dead set dope

Smith isn't a prop.

Jeremy Smith is a back rower.

world cup winner

and our coach

In brighter news for the Panthers, the club is the equal favourite, with St George Illawarra, to snare Todd Carney to a long-term deal from the 2010 season onwards. It is understood the banished former Canberra Raiders playmaker will make a bid to play for the NSW Cup feeder side of whatever NRL club he joins. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 23,00.html

In brighter news for the Panthers, the club is the equal favourite, with St George Illawarra, to snare Todd Carney to a long-term deal from the 2010 season onwards. It is understood the banished former Canberra Raiders playmaker will make a bid to play for the NSW Cup feeder side of whatever NRL club he joins. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 23,00.html

BRETT MORRIS, Neville Costigan, Mathew Head and Mickey Paea have missed out on St George Illawarra's first NRL team under Wayne Bennett for Friday night's season opener against Melbourne at Olympic Park. Australian World Cup star Darius Boyd, who followed Bennett from Brisbane to the Dragons, has won the fullback spot ahead of Morris and Kiwi international Jason Nightingale, who will start on the wing. Having already placed his trust in Ben Hornby to lead the Dragons as captain and halfback, Bennett named Boyd at fullback - thrusting teenage talent Chase Stanley into the centres. However, the former Broncos flyer revealed his shift to fullback was not necessarily permanent. www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/be ... 08948.html

BRETT MORRIS, Neville Costigan, Mathew Head and Mickey Paea have missed out on St George Illawarra's first NRL team under Wayne Bennett for Friday night's season opener against Melbourne at Olympic Park. Australian World Cup star Darius Boyd, who followed Bennett from Brisbane to the Dragons, has won the fullback spot ahead of Morris and Kiwi international Jason Nightingale, who will start on the wing. Having already placed his trust in Ben Hornby to lead the Dragons as captain and halfback, Bennett named Boyd at fullback - thrusting teenage talent Chase Stanley into the centres. However, the former Broncos flyer revealed his shift to fullback was not necessarily permanent. www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/be ... 08948.html