Going to be a tense, close game though I reckon we'll win by a couple of scores, our quality will come through towards the end, not expecting us to tear the ground up though, will be relatively slow build up to WCC.

Our props are the biggest concern for me aswell and i hope we rotate more this year plus i wouldn't have Kylie and JP in the same 17 anymore.
I hope we will line up like this..
Hardaker
Vickery
Watkins
Moon
Hall
Sinfield
Mcguire
JP
Burrow
Bailey
Jjb
Delaney
Ablett

Mcshane
Achurch
Griffin
Clarkson/Kirke

It may sound like a broken record but i wouldn't have kirke in the 17 especially going by the Testimonial performances

Dare I ask what the supposed logic in that is? It's not even like they are interchangable, they have quite distinct roles in the team.

Im assuming Rhinoms meant on the field at the same time, not in the 17 at the same time.

Looking forward to the game and the season arriving. It's been to long. Going to be a close game.

He said in the same 17. It was pretty clear. I too am interested in the logic behind this.

He also mentioned rotating. That's where I think his meaning was, if you rotate Peacock and Kylie by playing each week and possibly out the next, then only one will be in the 17.

It's not really that bad a logic for the regular season games.

Think Peacock is well capable of playing more than that though. Although I do agree with rhinoms, that he should get much more rest time this year when possible.

I am all for a bit of rotation, but every other game seems OTT.

Both JP and Kylie would be in my first choice 17, spelled with other forwards as appropriate. I'd give both a few weeks off at strategically planned points in the season (allowing for other injuries) but I'd expect both to feature more often than not if they're not out injured.

I would agree with the comment that they play differnet roles. Peacock has always played longer stints than Leuluai, and I would expect that to continue.

Can't think of any coach, anywhere, ever who's used their frontline props on a week on/week off basis. I certainly can't conceive that Brian would do so.

Really looking forward to Friday.
It's always a good game when our "friends" from East Yorkshire arrive.

Neither can I, I was trying to understand the point. But then again, I also can't recall seeing other clubs have two such battle scarred and aged props as their frontline props each week. So it does need putting in perspective.

At the end of the day, when Kylie was given a new contract for another year, there was a lot of critisizing of the deal on this board. Infact, I don't recall one poster applauding the decision. Therefore if you looked at it from a point of view of his contract might not have been renewed, it does not look such a bad statement to question both Peacock and Kylie been in the same 17 each week, if a poster wants to do that.