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Just read some of Sandercock's post match comments, and he says about them missing 8 players. Genuine question, which 8 is it, and how many of them would actually make their team when at full strength?

I mainly ask because he always manages to slip such things in any time they lose, but they usually seem to be an exaggeration to me, as well ignoring any similar adversities the opposition are facing. By my reckoning, they were probably about 6 positions short of first choice (and that's classing O'Hara still as a first choice player), and we were 3 down, plus arguably Horne and Galea to make it 5. Listening to Sandercock you'd think we were at full strength with them struggling to put a team together.

No charges for anyone who got yellow carded yesterday - all got "sin bin sufficient" - although its difficult to see how getting sin-binned in the 80th minute can be regarded as sufficient punishment www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary

No charges for anyone who got yellow carded yesterday - all got "sin bin sufficient" - although its difficult to see how getting sin-binned in the 80th minute can be regarded as sufficient punishment www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary

I can make a case for ...

Lovegrove>Griffin
Welham>Salter
Paea>Beamount
Withers>Carlile (not that I'd agree with that, but CS sees it the other way)
Patterson>Cox
Horne>Hepi
O'Hara>Netherton

It's hard to really miss O'Hara when he's played so little for us. Also, Welham has missed a lot of action too, and Salter has played all year and effectively Gleeson has now filled the Welham void. It's all about the relative squads really, and ours isn't the biggest. But, having said that - we still managed to field a fairly balanced side without playing players out of position.

regarding Rovers' first try, I was sure you're not allowed to throw the ball up in the air then run under it and regain it, or is that just an NRL rule? Or am I imagining it completely?

It was fine, he regained possession, you could have tackled him without the ball.

James Smailes agrees with me - Whiting was one of only three players to get an '8' rating in the paper. Not sure if this strengthens my point, or weakens it!

Forgot about Horne.

Agree about O'Hara though, it's hard to include him when you've never really had him. Also, could Beaumont keep him out now?

I'm not saying you don't have things to overcome, but IMO the way Sandercock goes overboard about it just makes it seem like 'poor lickle us' bleating. Like I said, there's a case that we were missing 5, it happens to all teams.

That's just a 7 with the 'Sir Richard Whiting love-in b*****ks' bonus point.

In all seriousness, I'd perhaps agree after he moved to the wing and got us out of a hole. Before that though, I really didn't think he was that much better than any of our other forwards, who were 6s almost throughout.

If that's true it's surprising how often he pokes his nose through the line. He has the ability to beat his opponent with the lines he runs. I don't think you're overstating his performance/ability - in fact of late he's actually been getting some 'neutral' accolades amongst commentators - not before time.