Bateman is class, even better now he got rid of that rat tail

He wont play 13, especially for england, too small, hes a ball playing second row or 9

Not sure. Depends who is fit when he comes back. I imagine his first game or two back will be off the bench. If all props are fit I can see Singleton staying there for most of the year.

I think 13 is singletons best position, Ward should use this year to find his, mentioned it a few times now but would love to see him spell at 9 to see how he goes

Can see the thinking behind it but tough to try it after returning mid-season from such a serious injury in such a pivotal position. If for arguments sake they did have ideas for him to play there then would be smarter to save it for 2017 and having time in pre-season to learn the position.

Thats why I said spell, when Falloon goes off for abit Id like to see him go to 9 for a bit instead of Burrow or Lilly (they can still come on but to play as a 3rd half not at 9), if he bombs out of DH we know that we need to sign a hooker for 2017 or resign Falloon

When everyone is fit, Ferres and Ablett should nail down the 2nd row, with JJB & Delaney getting reduced minutes. That still leaves Walters and Achurch. I can see the thinking behind giving Ward a go at 9, but we need to see what Falloon brings. Ward is a better 13 than Singo. He's a starting prop for me alongside Cuthbertson, with Garbutt and Galloway off the bench.

yes i reckon that will be the back three if we ever manage to get a fully fit back row this year. Achurch is clearly playing out his last year with us and Walters still has a long way to imo before being a fixture in the 17 when everyone is available. I certainly don't think we will be going down the route of Ward at Hooker, he was developing into one of the best back rows in the competition before injury and will surely continue that development when he returns.

Just putting this thread back out there

Ferres, Ablett and JJB = What a penalty machine line-up that is!