Pretty sure that Finigan not yet fit to play? Or did I dream that?

He came off the bench against Fax on Sunday. (Late on to replace Ainscough)

Looked a bit bigger too but didn't have much time onfield.

Obviously dreamt it then. Ignore me....

He around 10 minutes which wasn't enough to show us what he's done in the off season although I agree that he did look bigger which I guess is the training paying off.

Hopefully it won't affect his speed or evasive skills.

He seems to be the butt of everyones jokes on twitter!

I saw some of the comments last night between Finnigan, Halley, Godwin and the Burgess boys.

Okay when Briggs gets announced then Briggs at 6

as it looks likely on evidence so far that ah van will be kicker (although briggs can kick too) I'd guess he'd take 1 berth with walker,platt,sykes fighting it out for other one probably in that pecking order. Crookes looked fairly comfortable on wing so that may be where potter sees his future being.


that said ah van looked a real handful at six so we may see some competition/rotation there with briggs,ah van and kearney all in the frame. Certainly going to be competition for places across the board this year.

I also think you may be right in that we won't see much of Halley this year

I rated him when he came back from Wakey, but since then he's gone backwards. When he's fully fit he'll have a job on to show he deserves a new contract. He'll need to recapture that form that earned him 2 years in the first place.

The thing with Halley is that he seems to need a constant kick up the nal in order to get a good performance out of him.

I still see him as a useful asset for the coming season and although he may have lost a bit of pace with bulking up, he's still one of are fastest players.