I dont think he was ever the darling.. he was having a decent start to the season when he got the bad injury.

When one of these youngsters has a good stint and cements themselves in the 17 then fair enough... until then they are unproven first team squad players who may or may not make it.

Maybe our lack of props means we will be using a more open game plan next season, using speed ,agility & superb handling skills to blow all opposition away. If we can make that work there won't be as much need for five up the middle from big props then a kick.

Props Win Pots.

I'll go against the grain of some and say I think Westwood will make a good prop IMO.

We are still a very good prop short of being a top four club for me though.

Didn't BW play as prop a couple of seasons ago?

Westwood is definitely going to be used as a prop next season.

Smith will probably start with Hill,Clark and Sims with Currie, Hughes and Westerman.

Dodds,King,Westwood and Dwyer will leave us with Philbin and Evans both able to play prop or back row, Wilde plus Laithwaite and Harrison to return.

The interchange should cope with the bench as it reads but a few injuries and we will struggle.

Plan A will have Westwood playing through the middle, that said, we wanted to do that last year but for indifferent form for Laithwaite we had to move him back out to back row. Same with Laithwaite, I don't think he has the pace to play out wide, but it a solid defender and a big guy, good back up for the middle unit.

Ideal world id like another prop, but unless you can get one better than what we have, don't bother. The young lads deserve a shot after coming in and doing well last year.

If Sims beefs up 1/2 stone in close season, I think with Westwood we'll cover that area. Yet our depth looks shallow...with the loss of just Harrison we are already asking questions!!??

Shouldn't even be thinking this but an injury to Hill & i think it would be " Goodnight Vienna". He has carried the team for the last 2 years.

My concern isn't whether Benny could step up at prop, because I think he can, but whether that position of high collision would frustrate him into being costly with the officials.

Christ I always forget about Ben Evans yeah he's a good solid prop who could come in handy. I think looking at the Squad we're not in a great position prop wise but if Dodds works out I think we're actually in a better position then this year. Dodds last year was 10 times better then Asotasi ever was for us so let's hope he continues his form. King is better then England and should only get better with more gameplay, Ben Evans missed most of the season so we have him to help offset the loss of Harrison. Pack some more size on to Westwood in the off season and like already mentioned cut his gameplay minutes down and we've got ourselves a solid prop who likes the biff. I would like another prop but we could go Quite well with Sandow playing off the cuff and Gidley guiding us around. And hopefully Clark will find his form again like he did at the end of the season.