: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:39 am  

mat wrote:

doubt it - just came through from bulls he got a cracked rib and will be out for a while

Darn.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:39 am  

mat wrote:

wagga due to play against reserves at headingley and rinaldi definitely out for this week at least.

Darn again.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:58 am  

!RYAN! wrote:

Sorry?? Ben Jeffries gone off as late - what game do you watch??

Salford away - was terrible.
wakefield home - Steady
Warrington away - didnt see
Saints home - poor

I'm a fan of Jeffries but he has been inconsistent of late. Personally i think his best position is scrum half.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:01 am  

Morrisons out for 4-6 weeks with a cracked rib..

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:06 am  

JUDGE666 wrote:

Salford away - was terrible.
wakefield home - Steady
Warrington away - didnt see
Saints home - poor

I'm a fan of Jeffries but he has been inconsistent of late. Personally i think his best position is scrum half.

Does anybody know if this drop in form coincided with Deacs return to the team.?

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:23 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

Does anybody know if this drop in form coincided with Deacs return to the team.?

deacon returned at wakey in edinburgh so pretty much it does correspond with bj switching back to standoff.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:47 am  

On T&A It says that Wagga may play in the reserves against the Whinos. Now, if Rinaldi is unavailable then it can't hurt having Wagga on the bench, just to give Newton a bit of rest.

Halley
Sheriffe
Sykes
Nero
Tadulala
Jeffries
Deacon
Lynch
Newton
Scruton
Menzies
Worrincy
Burgess

Langley
Kopzcak
Whitehead
Wagga

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:07 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

On T&A It says that Wagga may play in the reserves against the Whinos. Now, if Rinaldi is unavailable then it can't hurt having Wagga on the bench, just to give Newton a bit of rest.

Halley
Sheriffe
Sykes
Nero
Tadulala
Jeffries
Deacon
Lynch
Newton
Scruton
Menzies
Worrincy
Burgess

Langley
Kopzcak
Whitehead
Wagga

so you want him to play in reserves then sit on bench just in case we need him? surely it'd be more sensible to not play him in reserves and put him on bench but only use him if really necessary. Although I hope we resist temptation to rush him back if he isnt 100%.
Whats going on with cook? he didnt seem to be in bad enough form to warrant dropping and played for reserves so cant be injured ( unless he picked up a knock in sts reserves match - havent seen a match report yet)

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:16 pm  

mat wrote:

Whats going on with cook? he didnt seem to be in bad enough form to warrant dropping and played for reserves so cant be injured ( unless he picked up a knock in sts reserves match - havent seen a match report yet)

I guess that with Morrison back in the team and Whitehead breaking through these last couple of games he's just not been selected. I also suspect his services won't be retained come the end of the year and so Macca would rather give Whitehead the game time.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:49 pm  

Mission wrote:

I guess that with Morrison back in the team and Whitehead breaking through these last couple of games he's just not been selected. I also suspect his services won't be retained come the end of the year and so Macca would rather give Whitehead the game time.

thats pretty much what I was thinking. shame to see him go but he's never really lived up to hype when we signed him.

how are we going for homegrown players next - we need to have 7 in squad.

so far can think of

halley
langley
burgess
deacon
kopczak
sykes if retained
james if retained
cook if retained

plus academy lads promoted to first team.
If we dont retain at least one of last three we may struggle a bit. Is their any rule about how many first team games players have to play to count towards homegrown quota? or can we just name a few academy players in 1st team squad and not use them?