Know its early doors yet but here goes.

1 kearney
2 sherriffe
3 reardon
4 nero
5 halley
6 sykes
7 orford
8 scruton
9 godwin
10 lynch
11 menzies
12 hall
13 langley

14 l'estrange
15 donaldson
16 worrincy
17 sculthorpe
I'm sure not many will agree!
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I'm still in two minds about this. I do think Halley should start at 1 next season though. However if Kearney at 6 doesn't work out or Sheriffe is garbage then Macca may have to seriously consider switching Halley to the wing. I think Sykes is probably worthy of a spot somewhere between 1-6 though and our strongest line up overall may indeed have Sykes at stand off.

I agree with pretty much all of that. I'd like to see what Kearney is like at 6 though first. If he isn't doing so well, then I think the best for the team may well be Sykes at 6, Kearney at fullback and Halley on the wing.

It doesn't feel overly fair leaving Sykes out after he had a good few games at the back end of last season. But his defence isn't good enough for the three quarters, Halley is our player of the year so deserves to keep the same position, and Kearney has the potential to be a quality Stand Off. If I was picking the side, I'd struggle to fit in Sykes for those reasons. However as soon as someone isn't performing, I think he should be banging on the door for that man's place.

1. Halley
2. Sheriffe
3. Sykes
4. Nero
5. Reardon
6. Kearney
7. Orford
8. Scruton
9. L'Estrange
10. Lynch
11. Menzies
12. Hall
13. Langley

14. Godwin
15. Sculthorpe
16. Whitehead
17. Worrincy

Here's mine..

1. kearney
2. Reardon
3. Platt
4. Nero
5. Halley
6. Sykes
7. Orford
8. Sculthorpe
9. L'Estrange
10. Lynch
11. Menzies
12. Hall
13. Langley

14. Godwin
15. Scruton
16. Sherriffe
17. Worrincy

To start the season I'd go with:

1. Halley
2. Reardon
3. Sykes
4. Nero
5. Sheriffe
6. Kearney
7. Orford
8. Scruton
9. L'Estrange
10. Lynch
11. Menzies
12. Hall
13. Langley

14. Godwin
15. Sculthorpe
16. Donaldson
17. Kopczak

But as many people have said, i'd see how Kearney and Sheriffe perform, and if it looked like the best option, put Halley on the wing and Kearney to full back.

There's a theme to all these line ups, the pack virtually picks itself (which is a worry when we get injuries) with no place for kojack. Not that im too upset about that, his defence is ok but he does'nt carry the ball strong enough for mine, but we do have plenty options in the backs.

I don't think you can call it a worry when you pack picks itself.

We have some good youngsters in forwards. Sure all will be used over the season.

Our worry is still in the backs.

Kopzcak is steadily improving, defends well, doesn't give away many penalties and gains an average amount of metres. he'll be used as fourth prop and I think he will be in the starting 17 when fit.

Kopczak just not good enough for mine.

I think pairing Sheriffe up with either Nero or Reardon as his centre would improve his game and shore up our defence on his side. Once to often Sheriffe when paired with Sykes found himself defending 2 on 1 as Sykes has a tendancy to drift in field and leave his winger exposed. Nero and Reardon are a bit more secure defensively and would provide Sheriffe a bit more protection.

think I d start with thiis lneup and see how it goes

1. halley
2. sheriffe
3. nero
4. sykes
5. reardon
6. kearney
7. orford
8. scrtuton
9. godwin
10. lynch
11. langley
12. hall
13. menzies

14. l'estrange
15. sculthorpe
16. kopczak
17. donlaldson

dont want to see sykes paired with sheriife again. If sheriffe cant switch sides then swap sykes for platt to strengthen that sides defense up. See godwin as a better starting option at this point thouigh that could change once Ive seen how l'estrange goes. think menzies would create a bit more than langers at loose and would like him to be rotated a fair bit with donaldson to give him max gametime hence his inclusion on bench.

He's better than a lot of other clubs' fourth props.


Btw, I hope Sykes has worked on his defence this off season, because we could use his attacking flair in the three quarters, but only if he is no longer a liability in defence.

thing to remember with kopczak is he's still relatively young for a prop and still learning and bulking up. props dont hit their peak until their late 20's as a rule. sam and luke burgess are the obvious exceptions to that

Id go as far as to say if sykes has improved defensively I'd leave him out and put platt in, who is a lot stronger defensively and is a decent attacking player although maybe not as strong in that department as sykes.