Oh the agony of choices.
Anyone any idea when we last had a full squad to choose from?
Here goes for my team ( sadly based on not seeing either friendly )

1 Tansey
2 Calderwood
3 Whiting
4 Yeaman
5 Briscoe T
6 Washbrook
7 Long
8 Dowes
9 Houghton
10 O'Meley
11 Tickle
12 Manu
13 Fitzgibbon

14 Berrigan
15 Horne
16 Moa
17 Lauaki or Bennett

From reports yesterday Turner was fairly average at 6 (only one game so hard to judge I guess) so he right now is no better than Horne and has less experience. Tansey is an option but it is key to have a settled fullback this season and I personally would not move him. Washy is a better bet for no.6 but at least for now there is no way Horne won't get picked unless he is either injured or performs poorly in the first few games of the season.

As you say Turner was not that good at 6 yesterday. Horney did create 2 of our tries against Rovers and should be given first shout there. He gets bumped off more in the tackle these days - hopefully he can rectify that as he does look back to something like his original physique. As for Tansey I think he will be first change half back as cover because Whiting has shown up very well in pre season and he can play FB. Personally I would have tried Whiting at 6 last year when there was nothing to lose but the fact he wasn't suggests he wont get a look in there this year either.

Whiting centre, Hall at 6?

Apart from creating two of our tries, you mean?

Isn't it great to have selections problems with who to leave out rather than having to move players around or bringing in loan players.

I'd go with

1 Tansey
2 Tom Briscoe
3 Yeaman
4 Whiting
5 Calderwood
6 Horne
7 Long
8 Dowes
9 Berrigan
10 Radford
11 Tickle
12 Manu
13 Fitzgibbon

14 Washbrook
15 O'Meley
16 Lauaki
17 Moa

I've a suspicion that Agar will have Cusack in rather than Moa. Either way our pack looks very mean.

Looks good, and from Agar's post match comments I think you've got the centres right.

Personally I'd go for Burnett over Tickle, as I'm sure Fitzgibbon will have been practising goal-kicking, but think Tickle will play.

Tansey
Calderwood
Whiting
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
Dowes
Berrigan
Radford
Manu
Burnett
Fitzgibbon

Houghton
O'Meley
Lauaki
Moa

If Whiting plays it should be because he has earned his place. We shouldn't be organising our team around their strengths, we should be playing to our own strengths. Soliola should be worrying about how he's going to cope with Hall's fast hands or Long's short kicking game turning him around all the time. I've seen us re-jig the team in the past to try and nullify an opposions threat and it has backfired. If you are that worried about Soliola then have Fitz defending a little wider, he'll knock him down all day.

my 17 would be
tansey
calderwood
whiting
yeaman
tom briscoe
horne
long
dowes
berro
o meley
radford
tickle
fitz

subs
manu
lauaki
cusack
houghton

Whiting has arguably been one of our top 2 centres in pre season.

Looking at the squad I think we can name some players in that 100% start (as long there are no injury worries).

1:Tansey
2:Calderwood
3:Yeaman
4:
5:Briscoe
6:Horne
7:Long
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9:Berrigan
10:
11:Tickle
12:Manu
13:Fitzgibbon

Main issues for agar will be centre, starting prop and the bench, a lot will depnd on the fitness of Berrigan.