Exactly.

Spot on, should be first on the team sheet IMO.
I also would like to see berrigan and long as our halves, with Horne in the centres. Or :-
6. Whiting
7. Long
9. Berrigan with houghton as impact
13. Washbrook

Seem as plenty of others are having a stab at next seasons line up, I'll go with a mixture of what I'd like to see and what we are likely to see;


1. Dedicated full back to come in (Aussie and the last piece in the jigsaw)
2. Calderwood
3. Bristow (Tom)
4. Yeaman
5. Raynor
6. Horne
7. Long
8. O'Meley
9. Berrigan
10. Cusack
11. Burnett
12. Fitzgibbon
13. Washbrook

14. Tansey
15. Manu
16. Lauaki
17. Lee

18. Tickle
19. Hall
20. Dowes
21. Whiting
22. Turner
23. Hodgson
24. Moa
25. Rooney
26. Houghton - loan deal to Fev?
27. Promote a youngster (James Greene or Jack Bristow)

Think we'll dispense with;

Motu
Thorman
G Horne
Thacks
Maloney

and pay off

Radford
King

Has the looks of a very competitive side, and a pack that should be able to give Longy a platform to push us around the park.

Tansey
Calderwood
Briscoe
Yeaman
Raynor
Berrigan
Long
Dowes
Lee
Shrek
Manu
Fitzgibbon
Washbrook

Houghton
Hame
Yak
Burnett

Would love to see us line up like that next season.

Must say that looks a pretty useful team. Though i'd be tempted to swap Manu and Burnett.

Well i am stunned as i thought the first person to quote me would say about no Horne

Tansey
Calderwood
Briscoe
Yeaman
Raynor
Horne
Long
Cusack
Berrigan
O'Meley
Fitzgibbon
Burnett
Washbrook

Lauaki
Manu
Houghton
Moa

May be tempted to put Berro at half back and Lee to hooker. I just don't think Hornes creative enough, hopefully Long will take some pressure off him.

Tansey at FB may surprise a few people with his creativity too.

Looks good to me. Possibly swap Manu and Burnett, and Briscoe has to prove himself at centre, but it looks a strong team containing a bit of everything.

Be a horses for courses call in my eyes.

TBH with Briscoe, Calderwood,Raynor pressure on them all because 2 in to 3 doesn't go

Yeamo will have to be on his toes with Turner coming in and also briscoe been able to play in the centres along with Tansey no one a certain starter which should bring the best out of everyone

IMO the squad being assembled for next season could be one of the best we have had for a number of years. All we need now is to rid ourselves of the injury curse and we'll be up there with a shout.

I hope one of the other players to come in is a 6. Not sure Rooney or R Horne are the right people for that shirt though.

Agreed, would like to see Whiting given a run in a pivotal role with Horne/Rooney as back up.

Was interesting to see that when he came on v Leeds at FB he went straight in to first receiver a couple of times and started to give us some real width with his passing. Has a better passing and kicking game than R Horne for me.