Re: Thompson : Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:25 am  

Wigg'n wrote:

Chris Hill selected in the squad

Can understand it, thought we looked light on props before Thompson got banned.

NY idea when the full squad is announced?

Re: Thompson : Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:32 am  

Marshall finally in a squad! Much deserved. Wardle out through injury. I recall him grabbing something, as though he was hurt on Saturday. It's such a shame that these injuries keep cropping up around international time because I think he would be huge for us.

Re: Thompson : Wed Oct 16, 2024 12:38 pm  

Wardle and Farnworth would be a great centre partnership.

Re: Thompson : Wed Oct 16, 2024 1:01 pm  

Big Steve wrote:

Wardle and Farnworth would be a great centre partnership.

As good, if not better than anything any other nation could throw at us IMO. They're probably the best centres on either side of the globe. Such a shame we're yet to see it in action and it's also a shame that at a time we have a great backline, we're now struggling in the forwards. Imagine if you had a backline like this one, with a forward pack like the one in the early 2000's, with guys like Morley, Peacock, Fielden, Sculthrope, Farrell etc in it.

Re: Thompson : Wed Oct 16, 2024 1:39 pm  

I've read that Wardle has 'withdrawn himself from selection'. Is he injured?

Re: Thompson : Wed Oct 16, 2024 2:45 pm  

Yes, apparently Wardle and Johnstone are injured. Everyone else who didn't make the cut, such as Dupree, was a form based decision.