Gleeson at 6!!!!!! Taxi for noble Yet again

Hasn't Gleeson played at 6 Internationally? And aren't you a bit premature with your views? He could have a stormer.

Save your comments until after the match imo.

Thanks for the reply Martin.

Seriously, is the answer not CP to 6, TL to cover Hooker, PR to 1 and Ainscough on the Wing?

Thanks for the suggestion Shaun.

Cameron actually!

If it had been Riddell injured instead of McIlorum, would we be worrying about who could alternate at hooker? Nope, McIlorum would do the full 80, I think.

Hypothetical, but says a lot about the relative merits of the two players.

Seems crazy to be planning a full rejig to cater for one player's fitness shortcomings.

So (and I've said it before): try Phelps from the bench as back-up hooker, if you must play Riddell. Alternatively, could Flanagan do it?

Leave the halfbacks alone, let them build a partnership. After all, if Riddell is still here next year, we will have Leuluai at scrum half at least some of the time, and maybe most of the time, unless we do manage to sign a new halfback.

How many hookers play the full 80 these days?

Our newspaper (L'Indépendant), announce this team for you:

21-Phelps
2-Roberts
20-Pryce
4-Carmont
5-Richards
25-S. Tomkins
7-Leuluai
8-Fielden (cap)
9-Riddell
15-Coley
16-Hansen
12-Bailey
14-J. Tomkins

On the bench: 3-Goulding, 10-Paleaaesina, 19-Prescott, 24-Mossop.

Aren't there a couple who do so in SL? Though why it matters what others hookers are capable of I don't know because you know as well as anyone we must sub Riddell at some point because he clearly isn't capable of doing the 80. So when we lose MM to injury we are forced to consider the options mentioned. If Riddell was fit enough we would not have to have the musical chairs scenarios.

Dave