Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:55 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

When did Lomax last play at halfback for Saints.

Back end of last season he played at halfback for about three games before a recurring injury took him off for three games (only for Potter to stupidly play him fresh from injury in the Grand Final). You won't have seen him in the u20s because when he wasn't playing first grade last season he was injured. Had he not been injured then he would have been a part of the first team for the whole season I should imagine, covering a variety of positions.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:51 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I don't think that's a good idea. He needs time to learn his own part properly after the messing about of last season. Surely it would be better to have Lomax, a halfback, covering for Eastmond?

Am not expecting him to play there for large parts of the season, but to act as cover in the event that Eastmond doesn't last the match. In fact, the SH role would most likely be shared between Roby, Moore, Pryce and Wilkin, so its not exactly placing too much weight on Moore's shoulders. He did start as a SH after all.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:12 pm  

1. Wello
2. Ade G
3. Shents
4. Wheels
5. Meli
6. Pryce
7. Eastmond
8. Jammer
9. Roby
10. LMS
11. Flanno
12. Soliola
13. Wilkin

14. Moore
15. TP
16. Clough
17. Dixon

If Kyle goes off then Wheels to half backs, Solila to centre

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:28 pm  

St.Dave wrote:

1. Wello
2. Ade G
3. Shents
4. Wheels
5. Meli
6. Pryce
7. Eastmond
8. Jammer
9. Roby
10. LMS
11. Flanno
12. Soliola
13. Wilkin

14. Moore
15. TP
16. Clough
17. Dixon

If Kyle goes off then Wheels to half backs, Solila to centre

That's probably what I'd go with aswell, although I haven't seen us play in Pre-season so I can only go off reports for who's gone well.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:45 pm  

1. Wello
2. Gardner
3. Shenton
4. Wheeler
5. Foster
6. Pryce
7. Eastmond
8. Graham
9. Roby
10. LMS
11. Soliola
12. Flannery
13. Wilkin

14. Moore
15. Clough
16. Puletua
17. Lomax

Foster in there for his kicking, if its close we will need him. Lomax to cover halfbacks as its massively improbable Kyle will manage 80 in a derby so we need some actual half back cover who can swap straight in. Instead of moving the whole team about or making do with a second row or hooker.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:26 pm  

Wellens
Foster
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Eastmond
Graham
Roby
McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Soliola
Flannery
Wilkin

Moore
Puletua
Clough
Ashurst

Re: Team for the weekend : Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:01 pm  

Some interesting views in the St Helens Star from Royce regarding interchange methods this season. He states he will go with 3 forwards and an outside back each week so therefore the 17 this weekend will most probably look like this:

Wellens
Gardner
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Eastmond
Graham
Roby
Mcarthy Scarsbrook
Soliola
Flannery
Wilkin

Moore
Puletua
Clough
Lomax

Re: Team for the weekend : Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:38 pm  

Pryce out. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 393298.stm

Pryce out. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 393298.stm

Re: Team for the weekend : Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:54 pm  

MattyB wrote: Pryce out. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 393298.stm thanks for the newsflash

MattyB wrote: Pryce out. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 393298.stm thanks for the newsflash