of whom do you refer sir?

That would leave Gaskell as our back on the bench.

Next seasons backs selection will be very interesting.

What about Makinson? Gardner will be back on the wing (I cringe, I cringe).

Makinson. Prolly our best player in the GF. But he isn't given a spot in the starting 13. Criminal.

i'd put Meli on the bench, he can cover either wing, either centre or even the pack positions if needed!

I think makinson has earned his spot for next year and IMO is the best winger at the club. He's fast, safe, tackles and can finish.

He's got all making of a great fullback and i hope wello takes him under his wing this year.

What would your backs be?

Makinson has just turned 20, a year of him being in and out of the first team won't do him any harm.

its a big call, but id go for
1 Wello
2 Makinson
3 Shenton
4 Meli
5 Foster

Gardner and Meli to exchange roles as scapegoat periodically throughout the season

I don't think age is a issue, he's earned his place IMO. He's a better player than foster, ade and meli.

His age is irrelevant. He is too good to be 'in and out of the first team'. When a 19 year old is your best player in the GF having not even played a full season at first grade, when he turns the game around with a lovely kick which he follows up and scores a wonder try, you don't stick him back in the u20s. You snap him up.

Well, you do unless you're Saints. In which case you re-sign someone whose only plus is he can make a couple of yards more in kick returns. Or stick a defensive liability in the centre spot instead of this young good player who has been trained as a centre.

yep, as the old saying goes, if he's good enough, he's old enough!

What about halfbacks?

Whereas I'd go for:

1 Wello
2 Makinson
3 Shenton
4 Wheeler
5 Foster

and stick Gardner and Meli in the u20s.