Well I'll tell you what if Richey myler can play for England were in for a broughy fest

Myler is nowhere near international quality. Never has been, never will be.
Brough's temperament has cost him dear over the years (at International level) but, if Chester can keep him under "control", Brough still has enough quality, especially with his kicking game, to do a great job for Trinity.

I'm already looking forward to the new season and Trinity could make a real push for a play off spot and then, hold tight, it could be interesting.

Personally im happy with Broughy. Whilst Rocky has shown promise at no 7 i dont think we will be able to make top 5 again if he is our main partner to Milky. Likewise Reynolds, who i imagine is only here as back up.

If we are being honest, can any name a British no 7, who is better than Brough, avaliable, within our budget and wants to play for Trin? I cant think of one.

Even if signing Brough doesnt work, we still have Rocky to step in.

Lets get behind him from the off and hope he takes us to the next level in the short time he will be with us.

Adam Milner another water carrier not international

Picking Milner above Ashurst was simply a joke call. Was Ashurst unavailable through injury?

To be fair to Milner he’s a cracking club player but was on a hiding to nowhere today,as were the rest of the team .Myler on the other hand was found out all too often today and is no where near the standard that we need in an England shirt .

It’s a sad indictment of British RL that Milner made the squad let alone the 19.
Oliver Holmes, although not international standard (in my opinion) was head and shoulders above both of the two players you mentioned last season.

Ashurst wasn't injured.

I know it's subjective and your opinion but in what ways was Holmes head and shoulders above Ashurst last year?

I know most people are going to rate a player from their side more than a player from another especially if they're similar quality, just down to Club affiliation plus seeing a lot more of them, but surely if he was that much better he'd have made the Dream team instead of Ashurst Steady.

I might just about accept that Holmes had a better season than Ashurst JUST but head and shoulders! Seriously Steady?

Hasn't Holmes played for Scotland before?

I’m sober now so will accept that head & shoulders was a tad enthusiastic! That said, stand by my opinion that Holmes had a better season that either Milner or Ashurst.
As with any player; this is is subjective & I suppose it depends what you want & or expect from a second rower; so for the benefit of this specific debate I obviously went with what I saw; admittedly I saw more of Holmes than Ashurst so view is skewed in his favour, but I also looked at the following:

Tries:
Holmes 9
Ashurst 4

Tackles:
Holmes 710
Ashurst 1058

Missed tackles:
Holmes 29
Ashurst 42

Tackle busts:
Holmes 39
Ashurst 42

Metres:
Holmes 1976
Ashurst 1916

Av. Gain:
Holmes 7.24
Ashurst 6.92

Clean breaks:
Holmes 10
Ashurst 8

Errors:
Holmes 10
Ashurst 18

Offloads:
Holmes 14
Ashurst 9

Penalties:
Holmes 18
Ashurst 28

I think that both Ashurst & Holmes are good, honest players so I won’t be too upset if people see it differently!

Was just thinking Brough and Miller both naturally play down the left, if that is the partnership we are going with, I wonder who will play scrum half?