As soon as Keighran's back I would like to give Eckersley a run at full back. That keeps the team as near as possible to what it normally is, and he has played there in the past. That said, Hampshire will get better with more regular game time. He is clearly not as good as Field or French and never will be, but being dropped in for a game here or there with long gaps between gives him no chance to build form or understanding. Also, if Rocky is not able to find some form and nail a place down with Field out for a couple of months then it's time to ship him on at the end of the season. He was signed because he covers halfback and fullback. If he can't do that then we should let him go somewhere else, where he can hopefully get himself the security of a longer contract now he's at the back end of his career.

Surely he will replace Keighran next year?

I recall Keighran signing a 2 year deal - Is there a 1 year in the clubs favour?

Maybe its too early for Zack to be our starting centre, so if we could keep Keighran for 1 more year that would be great, but not at the expense of risking losing Zack.

I think he will take that centre birth in 2026 however he will have to keep earning that right.

Keighran signed for 2 years and the shirt is rightfully his at the moment he will also still only be 28/29 at the start of the 2026 season so will still have plenty of rugby left in him and still be in what should be his career prime.

What goes with his age though will be an expectation of one last big contract and the fact he is on quota which goes against him.

If Eckersley continues like he is though whilst being a tough call to let a centre in Keighran go to accommodate him I’m sure they will make it. I think too it will depend on Miski, I can maybe see ZE taking Miski’s shirt in 2025 which if he does could see him settle there for a further year or 2 before he settles in the centre and he’d still only be 22/23.

Next year….and rest of this with his ability to play wing, centre and fullback he will still get plenty of opportunities to play and continue to develop in the match day 17.

Did Miski not sign a 4 year contract earlier this year? so think talk of ZE taking his shirt for next season are probably a bit premature?

There's no doubt Miski has been carrying an injury throughout most of this season, and tuesday night seemed to be the 1st time we've seen him playing full on and really making good yards with the ball, especially coming out of our won 20m area

Signed till end of 2027. I just think ZE has more chance of displacing Miski than he does Keighran in the short term.

I don't think it was a coincidence that this coincided with Keighran running the ball out more aggressively too. He even got an offload away. Much more a "Toby King" style of performance.