1. Jonny Lomax (No brainer)
2. Tommy Makinson (No brainer)
3. Jordan Turner (Earned his spot)
4. Mark Percival (Has to play when fit and Jones can play back row well)
5. Adam Swift (No brainer)

6. Gary Wheeler (Blind faith probably but he's the best option for me)
7. Luke Walsh (No brainer)

8. Kyle Amor (No brainer)
9. James Roby (No brainer)
10. Mose Masoe (Starting so Walmsley can be on the pitch when Amor is off)
11. Josh Jones (Leave him running wide instead of in the middle of the pitch at loose)
12. Sia Soliola (Has to play long minutes, no brainer)
13. Jon Wilkin (Ineffectual as a second row for me but can play a pivot role at loose)

14. Lance Hohaia (Cover and should spell Roby)
15. Alex Walmsley (We can keep intensity by having one of him or Amor on the pitch)
16. Willie Manu (Will be effective running and tired defenders and popping offloads)
17. Paul Wellens (He's earned his spot over the past few weeks)

Laffranchi, Greenwood, Flanagan and LMS are all perfectly reasonable options to replace any of the bench except Walmsley too.

For a more solid and defensive minded line up you can play Jones at centre, drop Percival out and promote a forward to the 17.

LMS is a prop.
Sometimes he is selected at 13, but he plays exactly the same game, which is up the middle.

He looks better when selected at 13 because there's two other props to share the graft. Louis like to pick his runs a bit more in order to deliver a bit more punch, but his defensive workload is always good.

Starting him and Masoe on Friday was a bit of a mistake, in my option.

Naming a "best 17" is difficult because certain opposition require different approaches to others. My 1st choice 1-7 is fairly straightforward:

Lomax
Makinson
Turner
Jones/Percival
Swift
Wheeler
Walsh

My front row would always be:

Amor
Roby
Walmsley

There are then numerous different combinations for the back row and bench, a lot of it depending on whether we start with a prop-type player at 13, i.e. LMS or Soliola, or somebody like Wilkin or Jones.

In the 7 remaining places Soliola, Manu, Wilkin, Masoe, LMS will all be there in some capacity plus one of Hohaia/Wellens for utility value. That just leaves one of Flanagan, Laffranchi, Greenwood,etc for the last spot. If Percival was at centre then you also have Jones to throw in the mix for the forwards.

It's good to have so many options, especially in the forwards. I'd love another out and out no.6 to put the icing on the cake though!

1. Lomax
2. Makinson
3. Turner
4. Percival
5. Swift
6. Hohaia
7. Walsh
8. Amor
9. Roby
10. Walmsley
11. Soliola
12. Manu
13. Wilkin

14. Masoe
15. LMS
16. Jones
17. Wellens