Quote: oggy123 "I know I'm going to cop some for this but harper isn't up to it, he was pretty anonymous! As has been said McNally is a massive miss vital in attack and he's positioning at the back will be missed, I'd fill in with breierley personally for the time being! Hides him out of the defensive line and he can link in the attack wider. think we are panicking abit about Saturday we lost against a very very good wire team with some vital players missing ourselves in Hansen, chase, Tonga and matuai! Weston looks the part hard in the tackle and got decent footwork in contact'"
Bit harsh on Harper. I imagine the plan was for him to play the last 10 minutes or so like he did against the pies and see how he went. Not for him to play almost the full game due to Gregg and Greg getting injured. He struggled but it is understandable. He is a prospect and should be given game time against Oldham, Swinton etc not the likes of Atkins, Currie and Ormsby.
Similar with Foster and Brierley. I imagine they were both only supposed to play much smaller minutes than they did yesterday but Beswick and Rangi missing out meant they both had to play a bigger part than expected.