Here's a bit of analysis for you..

averages per game

try assist's herbert 1.2- briggs 0.25
meters run herbert 56.2 - briggs 48.2
tackles herbert 20.4 - briggs 11.2
attacking kicks herbert 5.4 - briggs 4.5
line breaks herbert 2 - briggs 0
missed tackles herbert 2.1 - briggs 3.75
errors herbert 2.1 - briggs 3

i think Potter will be across these, don't you ?

Hardly surprising is it?

Really? That would make it all the stranger MP picked him above Briggs last week. What do they do this week? Pick Herbert who was anonymous at Quins or drop him after one game back from injury having previously dropped the kid who'd come in and done OK? If Herbert is poor against Sts on sunday it will be hard to defend Potter and if he picks Briggs his decision to drop him against Quins looks odder still. Not great for the confidence of either player as it looks like he's picking the 'least worst' rather than believing in either one.

Or option 3, Potter has targeted Saints as the 'top' team we may beat this year due to the Exiles etc. He may have played Herbert against Quins to see if he has learnt from past mistakes and testing his partnership with Jeffries. So if Potter brings Briggs in for Saints then he obviously favours Briggs/Jeffres to Herbert/Jeffreies after he has tried them both.

It was blatantly obvious from pre season that Briggs was the most skillful and dangerous of the two.

Got to be fair his passing and kicking has looked pretty crisp but he has also looked a little off the pace in terms of decision making and like he needed some actual studs putting in. I like him and a few more games and he will develop but I worried he got caught by the defence when taking too long. Still want it to be him and jeffries at the weekend