he has really impressed me and also relieves forwards of work with his fantastic tackling abilities. Not many players can do such a good job on morley as he did on saturday night. lets hope he plays at hull instead of worrincy who in my opinion must be loaned out until his tackling improves

Loan him back to harlequins.

I believe that Macca is trying to protect the lad from burn out. Don't want another Fielden on our hands, worn out by 26

I agree. But I'd rather he rotate him with Olbison if that's the plan.

Whitehead also impressed me aswell.'"

I'd like to see Olbison again soon, in his brief SL stint , he looked useful enough. I'd like to see Tate given a go against Dewsbury aswell.

I think Whitehead may have made his claim for a spot in the 17 every week now, he has given McNamara no reason at all to drop him.

Donaldson will be our 80 minute LF in the future, plus I don't think Whitehead is creative enough, but he does have a cracking pass & offload for a second rower.

Forgot about him for a minute there

Agreed. Donaldson has good hands and has played a bit of stand off, so he's a perfect loose forward. Whitehead may not be creative, but he is a 150% workhorse kind of player that everybody loves to have in the side.

They are both without a doubt great prospects, and they have both impressed me with their defence for young lads aswell.

If they carry on with the progress they've made so far, you'd have to say they'd be regulars in the 17 before long.

I think Whitehead has cemented his spot in the 17 on recent performances. Donaldson is younger though, and hopefully he'll be playing next week aswell.

People might also want to give some thought to possible terms in contracts - for example, player gets X salary but this rises to y salary or he gets z bonus after playing more than n number of games. Sometimes this can have a bearing on how many games a youngster gets in a season, especially if you anticipate the player being needed more as the season progresses.

Good point.

Well made.

Hadn't considered that angle.
In fact the more you think about it, the more sense the selection of Worrincy makes.

The young lads are almost being punished for doing well and trying to break into the team though.