A fair point that, Harold. But is Dawson a SL centre? Not in my opinion!

Don't think Dawson is any better or worse than brown at centre, but bringing naughton into the wing would add pace to the back line while having first choice full back at full back.

Worrying that brown is struggling to pass the head test though.

Disappointingly Ridyard does not seem to be taking his opportunity at the moment - glimpses possibly, but fear we will be looking at another 6 shortly

Drinkwater seems a far better game controller, dictating the plays etc.

Imo No, but I also think he is only half the winger he is when Tonga is at the side of him.

Losing Tonga was a big blow to us as that side was looking an accomplished edge both defensively and offensively. 3 weeks now for Tonga I reckon.

Brown at full back is our best option - he attacks the ball and hence gets us much further up the field than others we have tried there. Our problem is then that we do not have a second centre if he does - I agree Dawson is not a centre.
Naughton looks poor in defence he crucially fell off tackles against Hull KR and would struggle against the Saints wingers.
I am not convinced about Hampshire at 6 - but until he is given a chance we will never know. I am a big Riddy fan, but he looks out of sorts at the minute and there is too much uncertainty about who is Kicking what. I agree with Mr Chairman that Riddy is the most effective with long kicks and bombs. Is it worth giving Reynolds a run at centre? suspect he will be full back on Friday night

Who plays at if Brown is FB? Brown to ,Hampshire to FB,Reynolds to miss out.

Hampshire is not a full back in the memory of mon. He is badly exposed and will be peppered with the high ball relentlessly.

Brown plays and he will rightly be FB. Dawson, even Higson to centre.

Reynolds is not a FB either.But seems he can't be dropped for love or money.Don't know why they bothered investing in Hampshire..HELLO he's a halfback.Please try playing him there..

I do not disagree, Hampshire will be at 6 If Brown is fit and Reynolds will be dropped. if Brown is not fit then it will be another case of needs must.


All in my opinion obviously

I really hope we go Brown at 1 & Hampshire at 6, but without Riddy or Reynolds do we have a decent goal kicker ( if we score any tries )

We are all stating our preferred Halfback partnerships however, against HKR Glen Stewart was 1st receiver definitely not! its really time we had a Reynolds free week, thats if, the Coaches can bring themselves to do this, I can't believe all four of them favour him ever week ?

Doesn't matter who we have at half back, if we have one second rower trying to play like a scrum half, and another playing like Atelea Vea. A lack of quality at centre compounds this. Who is the half going to put through a gap, if there's nobody willing to run a line to get through it?

How many tries did we score from Drinkwater / Maitua or Ridyard / Paterson combinations last year? A big reason for our success in the 8s was the fact we had a genuine threat on both sides of the field, where we seem to be back to the same set play, through the full back, which is too predictable.

AJ to Centre for me HRJ .....

he's a big lad, solid, sometimes punishing in defence, it's a no brainer for me.

(Yes I know I am a no brainer).