I think the big loser in this situation could end up being Tierney. He did a good job of filling in for Manfredi last year but he has an error in him and I feel these two youngsters are showing themselves to be better players.

When you produce as many as us you can't keep them all and all you can do sometimes is ensure you keep the right ones. Five wingers in one squad would seem excessive especially when all of them are talented enough to play first team superleague on a regular basis.

Both the kids are doing really well and neither as yet are showing any signs of fading. Tierney will probably be the big looser of of this as both have overtaken him imo.

It is, but we definitely need Nurse Joy!

Perv.

Davies and Marshall over Tierney for me, both proper wingers who will take the outside of given a chance. And impressive under the high ball unlike Tierney.

Tierney has been found out a few times with the ball in the air. His other area of concern is the grubber around the back where he often flaps and misses. Having said that he carries the ball out and gains good yards with that low to the ground stance.

He looks very frantic in defence when defending kicks which is the opposite of certainly how Marshall has looked. Young Davies hasn't looked quite as secure under the contested high ball but he's not been mugged either and he's very solid in the rest of his game. The two youngsters are eating up the ground as well so they look pretty well rounded.

In a salary cap sport it'll be tough to keep all five wingers. In fact you would probably say it's unwise to do that. We look well stocked everywhere next year but if rumours are true and Tautai is off it would be helpful to maybe use the salary of Tierney plus his own to replace him.

You have to feel sorry for Tierney. He improved no end last season and but for injury would still be in the team because he let no one down. However the simple fact is that Davies looks to be a superior player. Tierney's displays for Scotland against the best players in the world should mean that he will have no shortage of suitors. I doubt he would want to stay to be Escare's back up.

By the way - on Escare. What a coaching job Waney and co have done on him!

Absolutely safe under the high ball and hasn't, to my eyes, missed a tackle yet. All this from a guy who was a defensive liability at Catalans.

I'm very pleasantly surprised at how well Marshall and Davies have done. It's common for kids to look good in their first couple of games and then fade a bit. These two seem to have a bit of staying power. They both look very good all round players and both imo have overtaken Tierney who, despite his best efforts will never be better than solid. Budgie is in for quite a long run at centre and Wane has a selection headache should Gildart and Manfredi return later in the season.

Quote Trainman="Trainman"I'm very pleasantly surprised at how well Marshall and Davies have done. It's common for kids to look good in their first couple of games and then fade a bit. These two seem to have a bit of staying power. They both look very good all round players and both imo have overtaken Tierney who, despite his best efforts will never be better than solid. Budgie is in for quite a long run at centre and Wane has a selection headache should Gildart and Manfredi return later in the season.'" Yep. Wane confirms that he plans to keep Burgess at centre until Gilfdart is back, hopefully in June. www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8500642 It will be a nice problem to have when Gildart & Gelling are both fit.

Quote Trainman="Trainman"I'm very pleasantly surprised at how well Marshall and Davies have done. It's common for kids to look good in their first couple of games and then fade a bit. These two seem to have a bit of staying power. They both look very good all round players and both imo have overtaken Tierney who, despite his best efforts will never be better than solid. Budgie is in for quite a long run at centre and Wane has a selection headache should Gildart and Manfredi return later in the season.'" Yep. Wane confirms that he plans to keep Burgess at centre until Gilfdart is back, hopefully in June. www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8500642 It will be a nice problem to have when Gildart & Gelling are both fit.

He has missed a couple, notably against hull & Castleford. I'm with you though he has come on leaps and bounds and is getting better with every game he plays, Sam will struggle to oust him from the fullback role on current form.