It may be a bit early but we seem to be discussing it on a few threads so just wondered what people's thoughts were?

I am assuming that we don't keep Phelps, Horne, Fitz, Lauaki, Washbrook or Dowes and that we re-sign Moa, Burnett and Ogre.

1) New fullback
2) Sharp
3) New centre
4) Yeaman
5) Briscoe
6) New Half
7) Obst
8 ) O'Meeley
9) Houghton
10) Moa
11) Tickle
12) Manu
13) Westerman

14) Radford
15) New prop
16) New back rower
17) Newton

Plus Whiting, Turner, Burnett, and some youngsters such as Green, Lynn, Cunningham and Kent.

I originally had Obst on the bench but recruiting two halves will be very tough and is not realistic as will be signing 6 players.

This would mean signing 5 new players with the priorities being 1, 3 & 6. I know Newton is only young but he would only need to player 20 min per game to cover Houghton who has been used to playing the full 80 mins anyway. I am sure he could cope with that and may well rise to the challenge.

I would try to use the overseas spots (quota/non-fed) for the three key areas of 1,3 & 6 as we need some genuine strike players/class. If we recruit shrewdly we could get two british forwards for the bench.

Couldnt you get Lynne trained up as a centre ?

Have you seen Newton play ? I think Fitzy might do one more year to be fair yet . Also I think Horney will be our number 6 next season

He seems like a winger to me and needs to learn that role first.

Would anyone have Briscoe back???

Gleeson may well end up being our centre yet. Thomas Bosc is OOC.

If Horne is our number 6 next season, I will lose the will to live !!

No, only going off reports, he seems to be highly rated and I just think that right now Houghton is not getting a break so even if Newton did 15 mins per game that would help Houghton and I think would develop Newton much more than playing U20's every week.

So do I !! I just really hope that they don't.

Think we need to look for a 7 rather than a 6 though tbh. Horne will be our 6 next year, no doubt and it will leave Obst to continue in the role he has now.

Can see Gleeson being the centre, not sure who's ooc FB wise and a quota 7 isn't going to be a superstar.

You're happy to have Horne as our 6 next season ?

No, but he will be.

decent available no 7s are few and far between ,even in aussie.