He didn't blunder then, but has been living rent free in the head of Eamonn McManus's head ever since.

When you say " french hairing down field" the mind boggles, but yes well worth a try IMO

Tony Barrow Plan B. "I want violence"

Saints will want to blast us off the field in the first twenty like they did the other week. We need to try to negate that by turning them around (I like the early kick idea) and frankly by making the game a bit stop-start: which was ugly but effective last week.

Our pack suffered from a lack of Vaughan last week, so unfortunately I expect the same this week past the half hour point. But I don't think the Saints interchange forwards are that great either.

it is going to be hard I feel we have to be faster than them playing the ball but then really slow them down in the first 20min around the play the ball I would want 3/4 people in the tackle. frustrate their forwards

fb duty
wings Ashton Russell
centres wrench matautia
half backs Williams and currie
forwards bullock mikalele
hooker walker
second row Nicholson Harrison
loose forward casino

would be my starting 17 bit left field but I feel if we are to stand a chance then we have to go with grinding out a close win with defence key if we win 10-4 we still won the game and progressed

you've only got 13 in your 17

I wouldn't mind Hayes in front of Drinkwater and your LF is a bit of a gamble

see im thinking back to the cc final where we played Hughes or currie in the half due to injury but it paid off

I would go as big as we can early on in the packs hence kasiano at loose but playing as a prop can change over for crowther

Interesting re Currie with your Hughes comparison but not for me, particularly Kasiano at LF. BTW in your team who's kicking our 8 conversions?

Maybe the new fullback is a goalkicker?

All in the line of duty...

Interesting team selection.


fb duty
wings Ashton Russell
centres wrench ratchford
half backs Williams and currie
forwards bullock mikalele
hooker walker
second row Nicholson crowther
loose forward harrison

Bench
Kasiano
Dudson
Clark
Thewlis

If you do the same thing and keep getting the same result then we already know what is going to happen so if Chambers does make some bold calls then I think it's a no lose situation for him. Not necessarily to the half back combination but I would like to see some eyebrow raising selections. But where the "plan" shows itself in the interchanges. Thewlis for Harrison move dufty to half back currie to loose or something where we can change things up with an interchange.

I'm not really optimistic at our chances I don't think the squad is fit enough compared to saints to live with the intensity for the full 80min they would need to. Vaughan Harrison and bullock are our forwards that can do good minutes dudson and kasiano cannot really be relied upon for more than 10/15. Vaughan missing too only makes a hard task even harder. And why I do think to win we are going to have to see Something different from the players coaches.