Agree about Turner being a weak link, has a tendency to wander out of position too much. Could always play him at 6 and Horne at 1 with Hall in the centres. Too much disruption though IMO, so will just have to put Turner in the centres and grin and bear it. He could maybe even switch with Briscoe to go on the wing in defence.

Rain forcast. High bombs galore. Gulp.

Positive thinking. Hally will prove us all wrong and take every one, possibly even putting in a MOM performance.

Turner at 13.
Fitz at 12.
Manu at 4.

Do you see a wink?

No, but what sort of to[iss[/ier uses winks instead of just saying what they mean?

Tossers that say rumours, not just what they think should happen.

Turner is a Loose Forward, not a centre.

And Manu is...?

wasted in the centres.

Simple team for me today

Hall
Lyne
Berro
Turner
Briscoe
Horne
Long
Radders
Houghton
O'Meley
Manu
Tickle
Fitz

Cusack
Moa
Washy
Lauaki

Does look the way to go, doesn't it?

Looks a strong side too. Obviously we'd rather have Yeamo, Tansey and Calderwood in the side but it's pretty strong anyway and the backs we have there would have been good enough to win a lot of games this year with fit half backs. We've now got the fit halves, time for us to make it count.

Not as convinced as you about that back line, I really don't rate Turner's defensive concentration. Today will be the sort of game he can't afford as many lapses as we've sometimes seen from him. I don't normally promote making selections based more on the opposition than your own strengths as it suggests fear, but I very much hope Turner is played on the opposite side of the field to Newton as they really pile the numbers and pressure down his side.