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| Salford 52-6 Swinton
Comfortable win for Salford and a few new faces given a run-out in our first (of only 2) pre-season friendly.
Starting XIII
Evalds
Chamberlain
Sa'u
Welham
Bibby
Luis
Hastings
Dudson
Lussick
Mossop
Jones
Turgut
Flanagan
Interchange: Griffin, McCarthy, Nakubuwai, Johnson, Olpherts, Davies-Aspey, Wellington
Props and wingers did 40 minutes each and our main men (Lui, Hastings, Sa'u) etc came off after 55-60 minutes. Steady performance with some pretty slick handling at times against an admittedly limited Swinton outfit. Don't think we learnt anything new from what we know already in that our first 17 looks pretty strong but we'll rely heavily on our spine which is up there (IMO) with some of the best in the division. And we obviously won't be able to cope with a big injury list with such a small squad. Whether we have the firepower up front to lay the platform for Lui & Jacko to run amok remains to be seen. Kopczak will be a big loss and some of the younger lads will need to step up. We could also do with a bit more pace in the backline as we're lacking a but in that dept.
Sio, Lawton, Wood, Tomkins and Murray to come into the squad still and Adam Walker in March will beef things up a little. In theory a lighter pack capable of playing big minutes should benefit us with the rule changes but I guess time will tell. Wigan up next and I'd imagine they'll play a strong team prior to their SL opener with Saints the following week.
One big plus was a debut for 16yo hooker Connor Davies-Aspey, a product of our foundation. The kid looks about 12 and took a couple of big hits but made a few cracking breaks and his distribution was excellent. We don't get to see many youth products breaking through at Salford so hopefully the kid has a big future in front of him if managed properly.
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Do you rely on him for all your posts.....?
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| Some might say I should, but no...
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18302_1567366773.png [b:1crbsr9w] Toulouse for Championship in 2017, Super League in 2021!
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You will definitely be sleepy after you witness the incapacity of Wakefield Trinity to deal with the Catalans attack.
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C'est un oxymore, mon ami.
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| Quote: the artist "hull lead 24 - 20 with 6 mins left. wakey won it with a superb solo breakaway try and a last second johnstone effort. really enjoyable game with positives fro both sides. hull had very few first teamers for the second half. Connor was excellent. hicks was over fussy and should have let the sides play more'"
Why shouldn't Hicks play in the spirit that the rest of the season deserves. It's a trial game for him to blow off cobwebs too.
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