This.

Same as this week with Whiting in for Briscoe who is a liability under the high ball and there will be plenty of those on friday.
Long for Turner and Radford for Moa.

only a liability when know one protects him under the high ball

so dont radders come back into the team then?

calders may not be fit yet.

Long for Turner and Radford for Moa.

If Calderwood isnt fit, Hall to wing, Whiting to centre and Houghton back on the bench, same team as against Saints.

I'd go with Turner over Houghton.

We clearly dont want to play Berro for 80 mins so we need either Washy or Houghton on the bench imo to spell him.

Agar needs to make his mind up, either don't play him for 80 and shut up saying in the press you think he can, or play him for 80.

Oh and Radford for Moa forgot about that.

Tansey
Calderwood
Hall
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
Radford
Berrigan
O'Meeley
Tickle
Manu
Fitzgibbon

Dowes
Yak
Whiting
Lauaki

If Calderwood is not fit then Hall to the wing and Whiting to centre with Turner off the bench.

Why does he? Of course he can play the full 80 but if we don't need him to then don't bother. There will be a time when we need him to do it and he will.

It's a long season and Berro playing 80 mins every week is not the best idea, but certain matches it may well help.

Think we had flexibility last week by bringing Whiting on to allow Tansey to get involved at 9. I wouldn't see that as the way to do it going forwards but it's an option i guess and if Berro feels up to it he can then stay on 80 mins.

I'd much rather Berro plays 60 mins per game and we dont over do it and burn him out. He gets through a stack of work in both attack and defence.

Depends, if the price of that is having to keep Houghton on the bench when he has (thus far) struggled to perform, then is it worth paying?

Houghton can only play hooker, Whiting/Turner offer cover for other positions as well.

Go with Washy then who can play and and cover other positions?

Not over Whiting or Turner.