I think that Lewis Johnson (SR) is the player furthest away from fitness. Assuming that all the other players missing from round 7 are ready to return (Hughes, Ashton and Dean) then I think that the starting lineup, 1 to 13, for round 8 will pretty well be according to squad number with Jason Clark and Joe Philbin on the bench. After that, has Latu done enough in training to get a spot on the bench ahead of Akauola and is Ashton fit enough to take the last spot ahead of Mamo? Whatever happens for the next game all of the squad should get a chance over the coming weeks.

I think you mean Ashon.

Injuries will happen in 2020. It’ll not be a huge concern. King will learn more from GI. Playing 2nd fiddle for while is a small price to pay for such investment. Look what Johns did for Briers game.
It’s not ruled out completely that GI might do 2 seasons yet. You’re a long time retired and GI has a stuck his big toe there once.

......winning SL is one thing, it’ll be easy in 2020 and has no gravity to me, backing it up in 2021,2022 is what we need to do to earn our mojo.

Inglis' arrival causes literally no problem in picking the side.

A problem is what happens when you are stacked with talent at a position and worried that you're going to put someone's nose out of joint and make them want to move on. None of those names that are going to miss out are irreplaceable. If Inglis had joined when Tony Smith was here, I'm sure TS would have been ruthless enough to put him in ahead of Rhys Evans and not stressed about trying to find him a place.

The priority is to try and win SL, not to find places in the side to fit existing favourites in. Top teams have churn all the time when players get displaced by better incoming signings.

That's the mindset of a relentless winner...you would have suited the Wigan dressing room with Edwards, Hanley and Bell.

Rhys Evans had the raw talent to be anything. He was up against himself though, not player competition. Just injury and recouping continually.

Thank you.

Name a realistic prop signing presently available who would tick the box of getting the public excited and bringing the crowds in.

Yes, we need a prop, but whoever we could realistically get isn't going to get the pulse racing with the excitement that signing Inglis has.

I can't, and I don't regularly watch the NRL to know if there are any Adrian Morleys'.

The evidence to date would suggest that the one we have signed, Latu, is in many ways the same standard as Morley. The problem is that Morley is now 43 and hasn't played for five years.

Perhaps he will have trained relentlessly during the pandemic, telling himself that this was his big chance to get his name down first on the team sheet and to push Chris Hill onto the bench ?

This happens in every team sport. Cullen put Westwood in second row and it spelt the end of the road for Paul Noone, who had been a pretty promising prospect. Noone moved on to Harlequins and the dressing room morale survived.

Currie and Hughes are experienced pros and they know how RL goes, sometimes players get replaced by new signings, some will get fired up by the challenge of proving themselves better, others will mope and moan. As long as Inglis performs, it won't be an issue. The issues for squad morale come if Inglis turns out to be garbage, and is getting picked every week because he's a big name, and the whole squad knows the guy he replaced was better. Then it's a problem for the credibility of the coach with the squad so he has to address it quickly.

Too right BWW. I couldn't think of his name !