exiledrhino:



It's a good question - I think a lack of strategy and consistency has massively hampered us in the rugby department. We've been thinking too short term, and not competed enough at bringing the best juniors through the system. In a sense, I think Frawley is clearly a stop gap signing to allow one of our junior halves to come through without being such a big signing to block them. 

In terms of coaching we've gone from the strange David Furner spell, to JJB as caretaker, to Agar as temporary, to Agar as potential DOR then leaving, then the absolute massive gamble of Rohan Smith, and now we have Arthur who we know doesn't want to stick around.

Every coach has to 'build their own squad', those squads need to settle and 'gel' and the short termism doesn't leave room for integrating junior players into the set-up. 


I'm hoping having Blease settles things down in that regard, but we definitely need more clear direction with how we recruit and bring through players, and make it clear to whatever coach succeeds Arthur that they will largely have to improve players we already have supplemented by a few signings to add quality.

ArthurClues:

When Smith is fit he'll almost certainly resume at 13, allowing Palasia to return to prop with Lisone losing his place on the bench. I get that Smith hasn't quite become the player fans wanted him to be, but he's captain, Arthur likes him and until such time as a young player ( Cassell/Gannon) develops into a genuine modern 13 he'll likely be z starter.

leeds owl:



I hope Smith makes a fast and full recovery, but I’m in no rush to see him back on the field. For the time being I would like to see minimal game time for Frawley and see how the team evolves without either him or Cameron Smith.