With Holmes, Jed out surely Sao or Ashworth cover the 2nd Row both played there, I'd bring in Salabio on the bench with rather Moy or Kemp who could cover a few positions with Amir out too.

I'm not sure, both Ashworth and Sao look much better at prop. Although we are low on options.

Bonaire might be a moaning old git at times but I don't know why people get so wound up about him. Yeah he's overly negative at times but it would be boring if we all had the same opinions. I don't agree with a lot of his comments but he obviously cares about the club, anyone saying he's a Rovers fan is being silly. And he's right about second row. It's our single biggest issue at the minute. Cartwright looks great when he's on the field but he seems very prone to picking up these little niggling injuries. Holmes obviously has a long term issue that he may or may not get over and it's unlikely we are going to see him for more than a game here and there for the foreseeable. Chamberlain is a squad player. Staveley is gone. The other young second rowers probably aren't ready yet. Fash, Sao and Ashworth are all square pegs in round holes. The only reliable second row we currently have is Lane, and he still has plenty to prove. He was ok against Catalans but only ok. He ran some smart lines at times I thought but didn't make a lot of impact and his defence was suspect again. There was a lot to like about the Catalans performance and there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about where we are heading, but we need to address the second row issue.

[quote="Mr. Zucchini Head":2fzilf3o]He was ok against Catalans but only ok. He ran some smart lines at times I thought but didn't make a lot of impact and his defence was suspect again.[/quote:2fzilf3o] Absolutely agree with all those saying we are light in the second row but just wanted to add a defence of Lane here. He was named in the SL team of the week. I think that suggests that he did more than OK against Catalans to be fair.

[quote="Roam Ranger":3tcyjjrt]Absolutely agree with all those saying we are light in the second row but just wanted to add a defence of Lane here. He was named in the SL team of the week. I think that suggests that he did more than OK against Catalans to be fair.[/quote:3tcyjjrt] Like I said he played he ok, I wasn't being overly critical of him, but with you saying that I went to look at his stats. He had 27 tackles, 6 misses, and 8 carries for 42 metres. So his workrate was nothing special, he dropped off tackles and made minimal impact with his carries. I know stats aren't everything but it backs up my view that he was pretty average. Very surprised the put him in the team of the week. Even the much maligned Fash was better defensively and averaged more yards.