IF you sign Wakeham, won't he be your 7th and final overseas signing?

1. Wakeham.
2. Kasiano.
3. McGuire.
4. Dufty.
5. Mata'utia.
6. Vaughan.
7. Mikaele.

Yes, if he signs, it would max. us out on the Quota.

So....?


1. Dufty
2. Thewlis
3. Matautia
4. Wrench
5. Ashton
6. Ratchford
7. Williams
8. Dudson
9. Clark
10. Vaughan
11. Currie
12. Nicholson
13. Maguire
14. Walker
15. Harrison
16. Kasiano
17. Holmes
18. Philbin
19. Dean
20. Minikin
21. Bullock
22. Mikaele
23. Thomas
24. Holroyd
25. Burgess
26. Whitehead

Plus Wardle?

At the moment this squad is unbalanced. Need to do more shopping yet. We need a strong running right winger for starters plus more.

Need an organising scrum half.

Wakeham will be in the halves i think, and i'd have Bullock ahead of Harrison and Philbin. Ratchford will become a squad filler like Jason Clark was this year. If we don't keep wardle we'll need a New centre and Thewlis will have to take the right wing spot. But i do think Wrench's injury may have given Minikin a lifeline 1 year deal as we'll need cover. Hoping we are keeping Wardle and Minikin isn't pegged to take a centre spot.
Wakeham coming kills my Tanginoa dream so i hope he's as good as his highlights look

Yeh I would like to see Tanginoa here, got giddy when Jon Wells mentioned him earlier in the year about it.

I'd be tempted with Bullock in that 8 spot instead of Dudson from what I've seen of them both this season. It would be interesting to know their stats.

How sure are we about getting Wakeham?

I’m not sure, but didn’t Wakeham do something naughty in the NRL earlier this year? Might be imagining it, but I thought he’d had a ticking off and that might be why he’s penned in for a move away.

EDIT: Just found it. It was an eye-gouge incident. Not great but no dodgy off-field misdemeanours in the mould of Barba.

What does the side look like next year then?

Presuming that Powell will stick with his favourites Oliver Holmes & Peter Mata'utia. I hope the 4 forwards have a much needed positive impact & go forward to the side, Bullock has had a strong end of the season & I’ve been impressed with the likes of Luke Thomas & Matty Nicholson in the odd appearance they have made recently.

I’d like us to keep hold of Longstaff but it’s looking like he might be forced to find opportunities elsewhere.. & are we after a new half back or is it all purely speculation? We could ideally do with keeping hold of Wardle at left centre, as we are lacking cover in the three-quarter positions now.

1. Dufty
2. Thewlis/Wrench
3. Mata’utia
4. New Centre
5. Ashton
6. Ratchford
7. Williams
8. Dudson
9. Clarke
10. Vaughan
11. Currie
12. Holmes
13. McGuire


Bench: Kasiano, Nicholson, Mikaele, D.Walker

Harrison, Bullock, Philbin, Minikin, Thewlis/Wrench, Longstaff?
Luke Thomas, Riley Dean, Leon Hayes, Jack Derbyshire, Tom Whitehead