League Express today says that Calderwood picked up a hamstring strain in training and will probably be fit for the Crusaders game.
Same team this week then in that case.

You know what, your right clubs never lie about injuries to players. I retract all previous comments and believe that Calderwood is injured. Shame he missed out really but hopefully he will be fit again soon.

Agar says in the League Express that Calderwood pulled a hamstring in training but should be back for the Crusaders game. No other injuries. Says Burnett, Moa, Turner, Lyne, Kent, Washy just not selected.

Think he would have just put Calderwood in that group if he was fit and not picked.

calm down mate i said i may be wrong,by the way sarcasm is the lowest form of wit

I'd maybe tinker a bit, for instance, can Tickle back that up? (put a lot of work in), the team seemed to be well fired up for Saints but this could be our downfall on Friday with some players unable to back up due to both the physical and mentality aspect of it all. I know it was only round one but ive seen it all too often with some players that the week after they suffer. Agar will obviously know whats left in the tank for this weeks game which will be another battle of wits. The last thing i'd want on Friday is to be coming away from the game thinking "he wasnt as effective tonight, he looked tired after last weeks game, he cant back up etc"
Or will Agar simply ask for another monumental effort bearing in mind we "should" have enough personnel in the squad to cope with the Crusaders next week and enable us to rest a couple?

Its a difficult one for Agar even after that great performance.

moa for cusack and dominate there pack and get some good go forward mason is out injured and andy raleigh may be suspended so they could only have 2 reconigsed props in crabtree and griffin. then id bring washbrook in for houghton as i think berro can play the 80 and we look alot better side with berro at hooker for the full game. if berro needs a breather or gets injured then washy is more then capable of playing there.

lyne and kent can play for the under 20's but how will the others get a game if we dont get injuries?

But surely if you want to get good go forward and Berro can play the 80 then what do you need Washy for, wouldn't you be better off leaving Cusack where he is and bringing in Moa for Houghton. Don't really see the need to change anything personally, cant imagine any tiredness issues as its only game 2, and we performed fairly well in most aspects of the game. Would rather see a bit of continuity in selection and another chance for players to get to know each other better.

Can you not play any players over 20 like they have done in the past, seems a bit stupid to me, where are players returning from injury going to play?

i cant recall if your allowed to play a couple in the u20's, have we got a nl club we can send them to?

I think the limit is 3 this year

So you think we should keep it the same, but if not you'd change everything?!

but washy can fill in at hooker if needed but can also rotate with the backrow. hes also cover for the halfbacks and im confident he could also cover the centre position. a bench of moa,lauaki,dowes,washbrook would be mine anyway, plenty of impact from moa and lauaki, a workhorse to come for radders in dowesy then washy who can cover alot of positions but mainly backrow where we need rotation to get the best out of players like manu ect.