With Lauaki, O'Meley and hopefully Big Sam interchanging next season, I dont see no room for players like Thackray and King.

Couple that with Fitzgibbon and Long on the park, on paper we have one of the best teams in the league.

Just for a new coach now!

It was also refreshing to see how many times the forwards passed/offloaded the ball last night, you had big Sam with a pass out in the centres,Lauaki with a long ball to Briscoe and Manu was a menace throughout the game.

The aggression was also there in abundance.

Really good point that the way that Luauki passed to the wing and Sam twice used the ball inthe line was great to see. As for Manu his best game of the season for me and just shows how wasted he has been ploughing down the middle Hall and him could be an absolute leathal combination. Manu wide left Luauki wide right and Moa in the middle its the Tongan Triangle! Quite exciting really but we have to get Moa signed up!

he's brought back the biff, some thing we havnt seen for a long time.

Mentioned the marketing angle offered by such a trio on my 'Tell Us' email to the club today. Maybe the potential merchandise killing will help get Moa on board

In all seriousness it's that kind of theme that the fans can get behind and the sort of thing we need to help pull us out of the mire of the last two seasons. It's time the fans had some players they can relate to like things used to be.

Aggression that will be gone when Agar and Sharp coach it out of him.......

Agree 100%, hope we do sign big sam up, gave a real platform last night.

8. O'Meley
9. Berrigan
10. Moa
11. Fitzgibbon
12. Manu
13. Lauaki

That's one mean pack!
(Shame they're all foreign).

since he hasnt played for about 1 year i was really happy with the way he played. his defence needs a bit of work but other then that he was top notch. our pack next year will be fantastic.

I'd use Moa, Manu and Lauaki all on the bench. Still, Cusack and Radford/Burnett to go in there with Washy at 13 still looks a mean pack and an awesome interchange.

So...

8. O.Meley
9. Berrigan
10. Cusack
11. Radford
12. Fitzgibbon
13. Washbrook

14. Lauaki
15. Moa
16. Manu
17. Houghton

Looks good to me!

We may have a pretty much all-foreign forward pack, but we've got an all English back line at least! (In fact, will we have any foreign backs next year?)

Thats exactly the team i'd play. (unless we use Washy at 6)

Excellent debut and he'll be even better next season.

I was very confused though during the second half when Agar took both him and Moa off at virtually the same time. Surely you should have at least one of the big guys on the pitch at all times?

I think this time (for a change) Agar got it right. He did have a reduced rotation due to early loss of Calderwood. I thought Hame did superbly for a guy who hasn't played for nearly a year. Second row looks like the ticket for him to me so get Sam signed.

Moa, Manu and Lauaki reminded me of the 3 brothers in the film Slap shot. The aggression was good to see. Many forwards next season will think twice when they see a snalrling Lauaki rummbling towards them. I hope O'meley plays the same way.