He should have just punched him, he would have gotten banned for less games ha ha

Fair enough comment mate.
I’m the same as you totally peeved off he’s missing to April.
He came across well in pre season but my worry was always his past disciplinaryrecord. He his an excellent 1990’s//2000/Adrian Morley type rugby league player which I’m afraid in this day and age you can’t get away with hence he’s playing Super League and not NRL because he’s a penalty machine and teams see him as a liability.
We did need his aggression but it as to be controlled aggression.
He still as upwards of 20 games to make up for this brain fart.
My worry now is with Dudson being out apart from Vaughn the pack is same as last year. If we don’t hit the ground running the pressure on Powell will be immense.

You would have thought the club would have learnt the lesson from when Price uttered that offensive word last season.

I wish Price would have been given a 7 match ban.

Looking forward to a player of the match accidentally saying 'man' of the match in the post-match Sky interview and getting a 5 match ban for lack of inclusivity

yeah, thats the same, isn't it.

Match 8 v Cats away.
Usually very tough with a fair share of dirty play.
What are the odds on another ban?
Just hope he doesn't get involved in a late hit.
Would the verbals count if he verbalizes a French player who doesn't speak English???

Of course not, I was being awkward. But you can definitely see Jenna Brooks having to apologise for the inappropriate language...

no, i can't

Don't forget kasiano and mikaele is new as well really, If mikaele plays how he did in his first couple of games he will be a great addition, maybe needs to contribute for a but longer though. I think we have a great pack even with Dudson out. Vaughan, bullock, kasiano, mikaele is streets ahead of what we started last year with.

Well I hope I'm proven wrong but Mikaele is looking more and more like a liability. Having him and Kasiano on the field at the same time will leave us in a world of defensive trouble IMO.

Yeah, I was wondering about that. I suppose one of Vaughan or Harrison will have to do longer minutes to allow one of Kasiano or Mikaele to be on the field. Bullock can do decent minutes though. I'm assuming Harrison will start at 13 in McGuire's absence.

Yeah, that would be my guess. I'm expecting:

Dufty
Thewlis
Ratchford
Mata'utia
Ashton
Williams
Drinkwater
Vaughan
Clark
Bullock
Currie
Nicholson
Harrison

Kasiano
Mikaele
Walker
Holroyd

Price has a few options when it comes to rotation. I agree that he'll probably start with Vaughan up front and Harrison at 13, it's more a question as to who the other starting prop is.

Kasiano and Mikaele are best used coming off the bench but having both on the field together does concern me. Nicholson can play at the back but another option would be to give Walker bigger minutes and spell Clark at 13.

I'd start whitehead or holroyd, keep Harrison to come off the bench and Tey break up the mikaele kasiano poser

One of them being that he doesn't have to pick the team since he's not employed by us anymore