Quote: Barbed Wire "Hill and Sims to start, Westerman at loose. Westwood and Dodds off the bench.
King, B Evans and Laithwaite as back up 'middle unit' players.
Leaves us with Hughes, Currie, Wilde and Philbin for second row options.
Ratchford and Wheeler the 'utility' options if things get desperate.
Doesn't look too bad to me. Plus the calls for Atkins to move into the back row could happen if we are really short.'"
Westwood is not a prop though, and his performances at 2nd row have been on the wane for 2 years.
Perhaps there is promise in Philbin at prop. Rest are 2nd row.
Relying on Wheeler as a utility option may not be the safest bet either.
No I think we are at least 2 props short for adequate cover and have no 'wrecking ball' prop option either.
What we can say for sure it's one of the weakest packs in recent memory and is unlikely to boss many of our rivals' pack.