Quote: BumpyMcbump "How many of your first XVII if everyone is fit are home grown as it were, you mention a fair few names that seem to be coming up through the ranks as first choice or definitely part of the players that you'd rotate with.
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For this year? Somewhere between 9-11; Makinson, Percival, Grace, Lomax, Walmsley (sort of, but is technically home grown due to a quirk in the rules), Roby, Lees, Knowles, Smith/Dodd (one of them makes the 17 though I’m not sure which), and maybe Wingfield or Welsby (I would play both over Joel Thompson who basically admitted in his retirement announcement his body is shot).
I would expect 11 next year (Welsby and Dodd being on the certain list effectively), assuming we make the 3 signings I believe we are, and none of them are homegrown originally (Savelio, Luke Thompson, Josh Jones etc). If we don’t, Simm at centre or Wingfield at back row will also be definite (Norman will take the prop role and he’s not homegrown).
Dodd is hard to assess at the moment, he’s being played out of position at hooker as the club are supposedly training him defensively, but he’s been really exciting in the glimpses we have had as fans. There’s been more than a few calling for him to start ahead of Fages anyway, as Fages has been in indifferent form so far this year. He’s getting his first proper game at 7 this week with Fages out injured, so should be a good assessment of him. From a training perspective all we hear about is him ripping it up, and the club have no fear in putting him straight in at 7 if Fages leaves
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