I wouldn't want Robinson at 9, I agree he has been a revelation at hooker but at 7 he gets to reserve his energy levels as he isn't defending as much. Brough and Robinson at 6 and 7, give them a few games together so they can develop a partnership. Moore and Lee at 9 with Fairbank at 13 and Faiumu replacing him as an impact player.

robbo is our most effective 9 - without him there we will definitely loose the ruck -we cant afford to do that against a team like saints! I would put lee and brough in the halves robbo at 9.

o'donnell out for a good few weeks yet.
ferguson is also injured

try again! dont envy paul andersons job at the moment!!

Totally agree, absolute madness to him in the halves as we lose one our most potent attacking weapons then, he prefers playing there too. Whether he's on the pitch less or not, he's international standard when on his game (proven against the aussies), but at half back he's ordinary at best and couldn't kick a barn door either. So Better to have Lee there with our options as they are. Robinson was nowhere to be seen last week in the halves, much too easy to read at distance, better at 10m from the defence quick PTB.

I think I'd like to see Eden back at full back and grid even at 6 too, for the sake of getting confidence back to have a bash at the playoffs. It served us fine in the first half of the season before the slump.

I wouldnt mind seeing cudjoe at full back hes got the speed and the tackling and put grix back at 6.

squad announced.... so id go with...or prob what anderson will go with...

grix

eden
gilmour
cudjoe
george

brough
lee

moore
crabtree
mason
chan
lawrence
ferres

bench-

faalogo
patrick
fairbank
faiumu

not thrilled with, grix/eden/gilmour playing in those positions but no choice.
lee to partner brough
robinson and moore hookers
faalogo and patrick interchanging with crabtree and mason
would have faiumu at loose forward but ferres will start i think so stuck him in
whatever anyway will still get beat.

at least saints are without puletua, might help abit.

Personally I'd put cording in in front of Gilmour-

was told on sunday that grix will be full back for rest of season, baloo thinks eden needs time to learn the ropes, havent got a major issue with this but scott needs to start catching the ball from bombs though.

I thought eden done well when at full back. also wonder how he'd do at number 6?

Haha that was my first thoughts aswell

ok in the second row though not centre, cording doesnt play as a centre..

and anderson is spot on!

Have to disagree Grix is the best option at S/O not a good one but don't want 3/4 hookers on the field. I would go

Eden, Lawrence, Cudjoe, Gilmour, George, Grix, Brough, Crabtree, Robinson, Mason, Chan, Fairbank, Ferres Bench; Lee, Faiumu, Patrick, Fa'alago

Reasoning; Robbo at stand off Eden on wing didn't work. Lee is better option than Moore. Impact on bench Lawrence plays well with Cudjoe, Gilmour who may raise his game against Saints

Difficult one but as we are likely to be on the back foot alot Lawrence (if he is 100%) on the wing might not be a bad shout as he should certainly shore up the defence and perhaps stop a few of the sloppy tries we seem to give away out wide.

moore is a better hooker than lee

gilmour raise his game?! lets hope he just hold onto the ball first