great to be signing young players. Potentially we could put out a very young side:-
Shaul 21
Lineham 22
Crooks 20
Arundul 22
Crookes 23
Miller 21
Rankin 21
Green 23
Houghton 25
Watts 23
Hadley 21
Kent 22
Westerman 24

Average 22

Throw in the experience of Pea, Ellis, Whiting, Horne etc,

Can only be good for the future,

Although defence is important, the three halfbacks with the most missed tackles last year (also in the top 10 in SL) were Chase, Dobson and Brough.

I'm more concerned with what they can do with the ball, which is our main area of concern.

In the last two years individually and as a team our defence has improved massively so hopefully under these coaches Miller and Rankin will improve.

Dobson can't tackle to save his life, but that's not a halfbacks forte. Briers neither.

Our props have no kicking game which is a concern

I never understand the argument.

half backs are targeted in defence to tire them out so it limits their attack, just has the quick smaller player targets running at the bigger player when they are tired, its just part of the game