Damage limitation would be a good reason... the simple solution would be for the fans to know if Kelepi could have travelled if he wasn’t dropped...

After his performance against Hull he should have been dropped ... but there’s a side issue to this and I’m personally no longer trusting enough not to suspect a ‘dead cat’

Yet you seem to think you know the ins and outs, unbelievable

If you deserve to be dropped after 1 poor game esp when weare low theres summet up and why aint others been dropped

He isn't being punished.
WP says he's low on confidence and wants to give him time.
We have plenty of cover in back row.

Does anyone really believe he’s been dropped?

Can't see the problem either way.
Willie says he's rested. I don't need more than that.

That’s because you are completely blinded by your passion for the club

Opinions clearly split of why he’s being dropped though, confidence or unvaccinated ?
No one can be sure

Que thread being locked………..

Personally yes and no.

There probably is more to it, but do we want a coach washing his dirty linen in public? WP is clearly shielding his players and he knows that what he says carries some validity whilst what’s on here is pure speculation,

How can I do that? I don’t know the facts and that is the point.

I’ve never claimed inside knowledge of the playing side, I have as regards the stadium. If that upsets you I really don’t care. Oh and please don’t bring Andrew Fifita into this as I think it’s fairly clear he was on his way with only a last minute change of circumstances ending things, something verified by a number of posters on here. All the same, lesson learned I won’t be so quick to share what scraps of info I get in future.

What does drive me to distraction is nobodies on here, people who don’t even use there own names demanding sensitive information be delivered to them via an Internet forum, seriously!

You can’t be that naive, nobody can. I don’t know what you do as a job but I’m sure you don’t share it all on Facebook, or maybe you do nothing would shock me.

We have the most honest BOD we have probably ever had and probably the most honest and open in the game. We have a young coach finding his way who tries his best to be open, but there is open and then there is stupidly open and he seems to know the difference.

Trinity is not a bigger version of Eastmoor, it’s business operating in a competitive environment. RL is not a normal business but it has to be run in a business like way and that means it protects its product. This is for the benefit of its employees and it’s consumers (us).

It baffles me not that people speculate, why not it’s part of the fun. It’s that they do so with a sense of entitlement that makes them believe they are owed an explanations from the club on every decision. They are not.

Who else had a bad game on Sunday and deserved to be dropped?

The dropped thing could be a new thing for the club and showing the coach will take that type of decision.
Historically you would have to go a long way back to name a player dropped for a dip in form.
Infact I can not think of one

Why does it matter to you?

He may well have been dropped due to poor form but, he may also be unvaccinated ?

Getting dropped after 1 poor game could get really interesting as the season progresses.
Lets hope that the squad who do go to France, put up a decent fight.

Come on Trin !

With hindsight, it was probably a mistake for MC to state publicly that 6 players (at that time) were unvaccinated. This inevitably led to speculation about any player who doesn't travel to France. This leads to a difficult situation where the club cannot be seen to divulge personal medical information, so they can't say who is or isn't vaccinated; adding to the loop of speculation.