If Walmsley is playing next season he needs to learn how to play right as TJ is nailed on left.

If you look at the recent stats, Olpherts is playing left on merit.
He has mistakes in his game but he gets us off our line far better that Walmsley.

Never liked Olpherts but got to say he has earnt an extension

Johnstone, Russell, Walmsley and Olpherts wouldn't be a bad quartet for next season.

Not keep on Russell and Olpherts is at the back end of his career and imo found his level which he is doing very well at.

That may be the reason he’s playing right.

Olpherts is playing left on preference or the reason above trying Walmsley on the left. Walmsley had 20 + try’s and a try at Wembley in the final on the left. You can’t get much more merit than that can you? He carries well too.

Olpherts has been on the left ever since which was a strange and unexpected switch. Yes he’s played well but almost all have been walk ins off the back of Jowitt and Gale. Something Walmsley also finished. Unfortunately the quality ball on the left is like a legendary pokemon sighting on the right as it only has the short ball crash to Griffin or a chip behind the line.

Olpherts offered exactly the same back line carries on the right wing also.

Perhaps you nailed it with Walmsley getting accustomed to the right as TJ will have left sewn up in 2025.

As for Olpherts, when a number of fans didn’t appear keen early on I was happy with him as since day 1 he’s carried very well and I could see that clearly despite the odd error. His mistakes seem to have lessened a bit lately too which is good to see.

He’s great for where we are now and with McGillvray looking like he’s in the wars and patched up I think it will be Olpherts and Walmsley for most of remaining games.

I don’t think he’s SL level tbh even though I think he’s playing well. It does depend who is available though.

I think that rumour just sprang from someone not realising it was Oliver Russel we were chasing. Salford were similarly linked with Lewis Murphy just prior to signing Loghan Lewis.

That’s what I put it down to aswell. Before the Matty Russell rumour came out the Ollie Russell rumour had come out.

At the point in which we signed Olpherts McGilvery was injured and we were struggling for metres out of our 20. Olpherts came in and gave us some great carries out of the back field, then McGivery was available and DP had a tough choice to make. If I remember correctly, Walmsley was also under a slight injury cloud so Olpherts went to the left wing to accommodate McGilvery, to give Walmsley a rest and to maintain the yardage from our outside backs. Unfortunately for Walmsley Olpherts has done a superb job and is scoring try’s like they’re going out of fashion.
I don’t think there’s anything more to it than that

If it’s that Olpherts is scoring try’s out of fashion then didn’t Walmsley do the same on the left?

So not much between them in the try scoring yet Olpherts gets more yards from back field? I agree.

I'm told that both Russell's have signed for next season and that Matty knows he is only coming as back up

Pretty sure he will fight for a spot, he covers full back and wing

Indeed. But that's not what FIL said.