Quote: SEB "Come on, read that again and see how daft it looks. Since when was 17 players enough to get through a season? Ratchford had been out of the top 17 numbers until now yet he seems to have played plenty of games! GOB will get his chance.'"
He's often been deputy for the ageing Hodge and Briers, I'm assuming barring injury Russell/Ratch/Myler won't have as many games out. Ratch can also cover centre (where Bridgey has been in patchy form/injured pretty much since Ratch arrived) whereas Gaz is limited to 6 and 7. He will play every now and again but there's no long term vacancy for him and he won't want to hang around being a backup for his whole career.