IF the squad stays the same as it is now:

Royston
Ah Van
Walker
Platt/Sykes
Raynor
Kearney
Herbert
Scruton
Diskin
Lynch
Whitehead
Elima
Langley

Heath
Hargreaves
Kopzcak
Big choice here! : Addy, Sibbit, Donaldson, Olbison, Hall etc.

Royston
Ainscough
Walker
Sykes
Ah Van
Kearney
Herbert
Hargreaves
Diskin
Lynch
Elima
Whitehead
Langley

Scruton
L'Estrange
Kopzcak
Donaldson

Next in line and in something like this order: Addy, Platt, Raynor, Sibbit, Hall, Olbison, Southernwood, Halley, O'Brien, Crossley, Burgess, Crookes

a few thinking hall won't even make the 17 this year?

The whole point of Potter putting together such a large squad is that - injuries permitting - he'll be able to vary his starting 17 each week and rotate the forwards at will.

Many people might not select the likes of Hall and Sibbit in their starting 17, but you can be sure that they will be used on more than one occasion throughout the season. I'm actually looking forward to seeing Hall play in his preferred position, when we have Scruton, Lynch, Hall, Elima and Langley all on the pitch at the same time (if it ever happens), we should have some pretty good go-forward.

Unless he's improved drastically from last year, he doesn't deserve to be.

If he has improved, excellent, let's see the ability he's supposed to have. If he hasn't, there's better options in the squad.

I'll reserve judgement on hall until we see him playing his prefered position at 2nd row. Whilst we originally brought him over with the intention off him playing prop, he certainly proved last year that he isnt suited to it. After watching him the year before he came over playing for manly he certainly looked a lot more effective in 2nd row.


on a side note does anyone know the rules re loaning out a quota player? if we loaned hall out would that free up a quota spot to register herbert if orford situation isnt resolved before season starts?. We'd probably have to carry on paying halls wages but we're doing that if he's sat on sidelines anyway. If we could loan him out to crusaders say at least he'd be match fit if recalled once orford is resolved.

If we don't resolve Orford we won't be playing Herbert at the minute!

That will make things difficult. I wonder if we can play him in the friendlies.......I imagine we can as teams regularly have trialists etc.

We'll be back to Sykes and Kearney at half.......

Please God, please dont let sykes play Scrum Half, have mercy.

FB Kearney
W Ah Van
C Platt
C Walker
W Raynor
SO Sounthernwood
SH Herbert
P Lynch
H Diskin
P Scruton
SR Elima
SR Hall
LF Langley

Subs
Koppy
Hargreaves
Whitehead
Stranger

Apparently orful deal to be announced next week !!
Lets just hope its true.

We keep hearing 'it will be sorted next week' since mid October!!!

But never from someone with such a good track record!

Canberra need halves, orford wants out.
Canberra have money now that Joel ' woof woof ' Monaghan has gone,
its got to be Canberra that take him.
I would just put him cheap, say 50k?
They take him, we have another 50k for a half back... simples.

Maybe