I'm all for resting players but your calling for players to be rested as early as first few games.

Yep certainly. I would think LMS/Amor/Masoe/Laffranchi/Walmsley should be possible to have a five week rotation. One in one out. That's four fairly fresh props every fifth week they get a week off, with Beaumont Clough et al ready to take places due to injury and lack of form.

2nd row Sia/Manu/Wilkin/Flanagan/Walker again decent quality enough to be rotating.

There are exceptions like Warrington and Wigan where you may break that rotation, but yep I would rotate early, with the hope of reducing that rotation towards the end of the season for a more settled side for the key part of the year.

I agree the backs would not change week to week, but after the first 2-3 games I see no harm in testing out Percival.

This is all assuming they are up to the task. If Percival was not at the same level of Jones then it's all academic. In the end I would hope we pick players up to the task, not just names for names sake, or the same 17 each week and then get shocked when we pick up injuries and people start to question our conditioner.

I think he'll start off at centre for us next term and the development of Percival will dictate how long he stays in that position.

Over the longer term, Manu and Laffranchi are not long term bets now and he will move into the pack in due course.

Alo Wilkin is now 30, say he retires at 33/34 that would make Jones 23/24, roughly the same age as Liam Farrell now.

I believe Jones will play centre for the next season or two but ultimately end up as one of 4 main back row options alongside Sia (provided he stays), Savelio and Flanagan. This allows Percival to develop gradually and slot in at left centre.

4 centre's?

I think he is counting

Wheeler, Jones, Percival, Turner and Dawson

Please don't keep putting Wheeler into the mix.
It's like you all believe in the tooth fairy or something similar. There's more chance of seeing Lobby Ludd

Ah forgot about Dawson as a prospective centre. If he can ever get fit Wheeler should be playing 6 not in the centre's.

How I see it.

A lot depends on Percival's development

Personally, I see his future lying in the back-row. I don't have an issues with him playing in the centres but I just think his attributes point to the back-row. Defensively we know how solid he is but I don't think he quite has the footwork or the ball handling capalbilities to play in the role long term. One thing we know with Jones is that he won't let anyone down wherever he plays: he makes metres, solid defensively, decent pace and footwork at the line (for a back-rower), and he knows how to run an angle.

At the end of the day, we have competition for places which is exactly what you want from a squad point of view. What I will say is that I would be inclined to keep the 3/4 together if we can, but we'll see how it goes. I know from experience what a difference that makes.

I think we certainly have cover in all positions.

I'd say there is competition for places apart from 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9.

I agree that he'll probably cover centre for a year while Percival grows up (or we find someone else should he not develop) and then move to the back row.

I think he's underrated by some on here though - he was second only to Lomax in [icleans breaks[/i last year, which is no mean feat.

He could very well make the centre spot his own.
Looked very good at centre.

I think it is easy to forget that he is still a baby in player age terms because he is so physically strong. He is about 8 years off his peak. As long as he gets plenty of gametime I'm not concerned where he plays, we have years to findhis position.

I think he'll get game time at both but i think Wheeler will be first choice in centre ...............for a game or so.