Hi Barnsley-nope,not joking.I expect Reece to keep his spot if he's back to form, but I think you, and others, are underestimating how good Ryan Atkins is, even allowing for his age.Anyways,it's all good competition for places.

I like Arundel, I think he is our most natural traditional , his timing of a pass is better than the other options and his defense is very good. He is not as destructive a runner as Bill and not as elusive as Reece, that said I think he is our best option. Defense was our big problem last season so I hope we look to massively improve in this department. Unfair to judge Atkins on his London performance, he had been out for a long time and it was no wonder he was not at his best. Age is against him but fingers crossed he finds some form, then we have Croft. We also need to see how Tom Johnstone gets on, no point rushing him back, so it may well be that Bill plays on the wing for a while.

I tell you what, we have some size in our back line with Tom, Atkins, Tupou, Lyne and BJB. Croft is no weed either.

Big fan of Arundel he’s been unfortunate to be out of the side at times and double unlucky with his injuries and their timing.

Would you put Arundel ahead of Tupou, Lyne and Atkins ?

Assuming these 3 remain fit, I would see Arundel on the bench, playing 2nd row

Its all about opinions , I would say Arundals been very very unfortunate. Arundals defense and his timing of a pass much better than Lyne.

Totally agree!!!!!!

Lyne was my player of the year.

Hi Wakefieldtillidie-not sure who would be my player of the season, but Tanginoa made a very big impression on me for the latter part, and,like many other people have said, full praise to CC and MC for getting him here.

Eh? how did Arona hold the team together through all the injuries, when he was one of the main ones to be affected and didn't play a single game after 3rd May.



On Lyne, we'll no doubt get to see everyone in preseason and see where they are - not that I thought he stuck out at all in the 2nd half as being poor or tired.

He might mean up till the point where arona was injured?

Must say I though prior to his injury Arona was exceptional



On Lyne I thought he did really well for us and at a time where the team was full of injuries he carried us



Just my opinion



The whole team struggled for form last year because there was so many forced changes, players missing due to injury and players playing with injuries



Tom, bill, Huby, Ashurst, Arona, Dave, England, Jacob, Brough

You can’t have that many injured senior players and it not have a negative effect on your teams performance



I think we will be a different team next year and am really looking forward to seeing us play

I've said a few times the loss of Arona was what finally broke us in my opinion. We were coping OK even with the injuries we had up till that point then we lost Arona and it was downhill from there on.