Has he? Didn't know that.

Played for SW scorpions too

You best tell him that, as he's played 2 of their last 3 SL games.



They've also signed Hopkins for next season.

You've just named 6 in your opening line.

Is Bowden classed as one of our 25?

I reckon Bowden will be next year.

Retired or not, they started the season with 7 props and added another midway through the season too. As far as I'm aware Powell played against Cas when Wigan got turned over by them.

Yeah they've lost Prescott and Mossop next season, but I expect them to make atleast another signing at prop.

Regardless what Wigan are doing anyway, I think we need a 7th prop in the mould of Paea.

We should following Wigans mould 4 mains props abd the rest young players.

6 will be enough, we went with 3 props on sunday and pitts could also pkay there if we are desperate.

Time to start trusting in our youth.

Six is enough, you're right. Especially if Pitts isn't one of them.

I don't believe for one minute that Wigan would have wanted 8 props.

If we are going to be pendantic, when I put Lynch/Walker it was meant to denote Lynch or Walker, not Lynch and Walker.

So much is clear from the next paragraph.

Also, a couple of others with 6+ props at the start of this season:

Leeds - Leuluai, Peacock, Bailey, Moore, Griffin, Achurch, and Singleton.
Catalans - Elima, Casty, Paea, Simon, Fakir, and Bousquets.

It still wouldn't leave us with five mate.

I clearly can't count.

The point is 6 in the 25 though, with Tyson-Wilson & Wilson, we'd have 8 overall capable.

Being pedantic, you actually named 7. 6 is still with Lynch OR Walker:

1. Lynch OR Walker
2. Watts
3. Paea
4. Green
5. Bowden
6. Johnson

We also have Tom Spencer who's been out at Leigh on DR but has played in the first team. Pretty sure Greg Burke has/can play at prop too

Tigers also have 6 props on books :-

Ryan Boyle. Craig Huby, Jonathan Walker, Keith Mason, Nathan Massey and Dan Fleming.

We had 8 recently with Ben Davies and Steve Nash but both have left for pastures new.

I would have thought that most, if not all, of those mentioned from Wigan, Catalans, and Leeds would be in their respective 25s.

I think it depends on how many backrowers you also have. Like for example Hudds, they have 4 or 5 props, but with a few backrowers who can move up if needed (Chan, Patrick). Our squad is more the opposite, we have props who can move down (Watts, Johnson, Green).

We're only looking like 4 recognised backrowers next year (including Pitts), so having the extra props may not be a bad thing. Wigan are similar, how many backrowers do they have, and how often do you see any them filling in at prop?

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Everybody seems to be forgetting Rich Whiting

easthull fc fan beat you to it.

If we are getting Walker for Lynch I think that's a young and inexperienced pack.

We are losing O'Meley, Lynch and Tickle and not replacing them with anything near the same quality.

We have struggled with our go forward this year and I can't see us doing any better next year.

Mrs B will be a Cas fan when that's confirmed

I agree about the loss of experience. If we had a bit more size and experience already signed up, I'd be fine with 6, but like you would quite like us to bring in one more prop of the right quality if possible.

Go forward is most games have been fine and would improve if we offloaded a bit more like the previous season.

Our main problem has been taking advantage when in the the opposition 20 and that has been down to not having regular halfbacks, when we have we looked a much better team.

Our main problem is all our backrowers are simalar, all workhorses, we could do with a line breaking backrow forward and that would be my priority over a prop.

I woud be concerned over losing lynch for an inexperienced and injury pron forward.

Lynch has been hardly criticized this season and will be a big loss. I'd keep him anfpd look for a better replacement then walker.

Hubby would be a better option.