Does Berro make the bench after been hauled off last week?

1 Whiting
2 Calderwood (if not fit then Hall)
3 Turner
4 Yeaman
5 T. Briscoe
6 Horne (if not fit then Washbrook and Berrigan as utility on bench)
7 Tansey

8 Dowes
9 Houghton
10 Cusack
11 Tickle
12 Manu
13 Fitzgibbon

14 Washbrook
15 Burnett
16 Lauaki
17 Radford

I'd only have him there if Horne isn't back.

Suppose it depends how he has responded in training this week. I think he will rotate with Houghton.

No, no, no, no. Would take away everything Tansey brings to the team.

Whiting on the bench for me.

Most creative player available so we need him to get the ball as much as possible.

And he will, from FULL BACK.

Get more off it at scrum half though.

Despite Berro's lack of form it would be brave to leave out one of our best and most experienced players when we are already missing the likes of Long and O'Meley

I would play him at 7 with Horne at 6 and Washbrook to miss out.

When Berro is on song he can be brilliant. Washbrook is never brilliant.

Tansey to stay at full back and Whiting (who can play almost anywhere) to the bench.

Ive been saying Tansey to 7 for a while now but dont think i'd do that now. Playing him at 7 would mean he has to play the link man in a formal set play whilst playing at 1 allows him to be involved at the end of the set play and then do what he wants creatively. I agree with the masses now that it might stifle his game moving to the halves.

You're full of shocks tonight Dave!

Maybe it could affect his game, but with Long missing for a while why not give it a try there ? We'll never know how he'll do until he plays at 7. But I reckon with the failed partnerships of Horne, Washbrook, Berrigan etc.

I did write a massive reply to this, but you can just read BDT's post.