Hand did come on in the second half and looked quite effective driving the ball in. Walmsley looks a good prospect.

So as we'll as Walmsley, we've got Hand who's looked alright, Forster - who didn't look out of his depth last year when he played and Walker - also highly rated.
No excuses for Mr Perry under performing next year, then?

Is Greenwood a 2nd rower then?

Yep

Ta mate Had it in my head he was a prop for some reason. Certainly a few young lads going to be pushing through in next couple of years then hopefully.

He's pretty big so that's probably why. He's been a second rower coming through the ranks but I'd imagine he can probably play prop if needed to.

Certainly a lot bigger and different than the likes of Ashurst and Dixon coming through in recent years.

You have to credit our youth system, so many young lads have come through over the past few years, its great to see.

From a squad point of view, it's extremely healthy. We have several players competing against each other for spots in the 17, and the young players will feed of that. Hopefully NB will give players like Greenwood, Hand etc a shot against the so called "lesser teams" during the season and it will be gat to see how they develop.

I think Greenwood'll be involved a lot more this season, especially with the losses of Dixon and Magennis. He had a good game last night and ran a good line for his try, hopefully he can become more than a Salford-destined backrower like Dixon and Ashurst.

I presume that's part of the reason the likes of Ashurst and Dixon were let go.

Neither Ashurst or Dixon ever produced anything, they were solid backrowers but that's about it. Personally, I thought Dixon was worth keeping hold of, but since he's gone, it looks like Greenwood will have to step up this year. I just hope he can bring a bit more and stand out from the typical back rower we tend to produce.

Out of the young lads who came on I thought the lad on the wing Percivel (sp) did very well and was worthy of a mention.
With Puletua,Perry,Wheeler,Clough all missing the squad looks ok

Percival had pace. I kid you not, a Saints winger with pace.

Very hard to judge against a really poor Huddersfield side but all contributed and looks a little promising.

Percival is a very good young centre. I expect he played on the wing on Friday just to give him a bit of experience. He's also a decent goal kicker.

Jesus we've gone from having one kicker to possibly 4????????

Makinson
Turner
Percival
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