Tom Lineham should be back from injury soon.

Why not try and play him in the back row? He’s got to be about 6 ft 3 and 17 stones. He played in the pack when playing rugby union as a flanker.

He’s got the size and pace for a big bloke. It was done with Kirmond, Vince Mellars and occasionally Joe Arundel a few years ago and more recently Kay has gone into the pack from the wing.

Lineham isn’t needed on the wing with TJ and Murphy there.

You don't think we have enough second rowers?

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No that can break a tackle no….

As KK says don't you think we've enough second rowers, he was signed as a winger not a reserve second rower just a desperation measure imo, might as well move Johnstone or Lyne in there they are just as big, when he's fit he should go on the wing, that's unless Murphy won't give him a sniff.

Johnstone and Lynne as big as Lineham?

Can’t see Lineham getting a game on the wing when fit…

Think Lineham is out for 9 month

Easily. He’s one of those players who looks bigger than he is. Size wise nothing between him and those two.

Also he’d be a dreadful SR imho.

Whats the big issue with Lineham? He's injured so I don't see how people can say he's not good enough.
Murphy is a surprise but isn't that a good thing if a kid comes through a proves to be better than what we had.
We don't have to then get rid of the other.
We'll still need Lineham when he comes back.

You may well be right I'm not disagreeing with you, but Lineham is a winger and a good one when fit, I would imagine that's why we signed him, imo it smacks of desperation playing him in the second row hence my comment that we might as well play one of the other two big lads.

I think he’s a great winger but there is no doubt that with the return of Kershaw and Kay as emergency that probably makes us winger heavy.

I think there is an argument that had we known Murphy was going to move up so quickly we wouldn’t have signed Lineham.

However he’s here now and once back Kay can truly concentrate on his main role.

In many ways TH leaving would be dire but oddly it’s a position that is now covered by three other very reasonable players.

Wish we had the same options in the pack.