Quote: jonh "I wouldn’t see the point personally of starting with Walters and Leeming.
O’Neil and Isa are tougher and superior defensively and should start whilst the intensity of the game in the initial exchanges is at it’s highest, once we take the sting out of the game Leeming with his superior attacking play around the ruck and Walters coming into an edge with his size will be challenging puzzles to solve in attack against tired Leeds who have been accustomed to more conservative style players for 20-25 minutes.'"
O'Neill deserves the starting shirt, not only on his previous work for us but I thought he was the better of the two at Wakey as well and as you say, I think he suits the starting role and Leeming the bench role, more than the other way around.
I'm a bit less sure on the Walters/Isa pick. I do think Isa will get the start but I was massively impressed with Walters on Friday and I would like that extra threat he'll bring right from the start. The question marks I suppose are on his engine and what sort of defensive intensity he can bring compared to Isa. Either way he looks a fantastic bit of business and with guys like French and Field supporting around him, he should have some big moments for us this year.