Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:29 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Suspended

Yeah sorry I forgot

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:35 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Hanley isn't ready for this level yet. I'd bring Joe Burgess into the squad if French is unfit.

Rouges obviously I appreciate your knowledge on the youngsters so what in your opinion does Hanley lack at the moment? Strength, defence?

Im probably guilty of hoping that the lad is ready rather than him being ready. I thought that he could play a similar role to French and keep some consistency in our approach of using French as our main threat in broken play.

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:27 pm  

No SOL again.

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:23 pm  

NSW wrote:

No SOL again.

Always tends to be at least a month before you see him again when those dodgy calves/hamstrings go.

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:52 am  

Be a real tough game this after their hiding last week I think.

At the minute with the restart I'm just happy to get the result and see an improvement on last week. Similar to the start of the season.

I think the ideal time to be hitting our straps would be the end of September (the new end of August basically) but as I've said elsewhere I still fear that our pack just isn't up to it.

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:26 am  

https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... ow-2940958 I wonder if Jamie Peacock has any thoughts on this

https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... ow-2940958 I wonder if Jamie Peacock has any thoughts on this

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:21 pm  

Wigan's 21-man squad: Zak Hardaker, Liam Marshall, Chris Hankinson, Joe Burgess, Bevan French, Sam Powell, Willie Isa, Liam Farrell, Joe Greenwood, Morgan Smithies, Joe Bullock, Liam Byrne, Dom Manfredi, Mitch Clark, Jake Bibby, Harry Smith, Jack Wells, Ethan Havard, Jackson Hastings, Amir Bourouh, Joe Shorrocks

Id go

French
Mandfredi
Hardaker
Bibby
Marshall
Smith
Hastings
Byrne
Powell
Bullock
Farrell
Greenwood
Isa

Smithies
Clark
Havard
Borough

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:29 pm  

NSW wrote:

Wigan's 21-man squad: Zak Hardaker, Liam Marshall, Chris Hankinson, Joe Burgess, Bevan French, Sam Powell, Willie Isa, Liam Farrell, Joe Greenwood, Morgan Smithies, Joe Bullock, Liam Byrne, Dom Manfredi, Mitch Clark, Jake Bibby, Harry Smith, Jack Wells, Ethan Havard, Jackson Hastings, Amir Bourouh, Joe Shorrocks

Id go

French
Mandfredi
Hardaker
Bibby
Marshall
Smith
Hastings
Byrne
Powell
Bullock
Farrell
Greenwood
Isa

Smithies
Clark
Havard
Borough

I was sat pondering the team earlier and I did exactly the same and put Isa in the middle. He’s sort of ended up in the second row via necessity over these last few seasons but early doors for us he played centrally quite a bit and the Widnes fans always said it was where he was at his best. The only change I’d made to that team would be to put Greenwood in the right sided slot. If he wants a place he’ll have to try and find it there because you can’t move Farrell from that left side.

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:15 pm  

Get Jack Wells in for Smithies . Wells had a good game for Toronto pre lockdown scoring after breaking the line 20 metres out . I've not seen Smithies break any lines despite his raw enthusiasm. Wells won't give as many pens away either

Re: RD 9 | Leeds Rhinos (H) : Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:34 pm  

Brick with eyes wrote:

Get Jack Wells in for Smithies . Wells had a good game for Toronto pre lockdown scoring after breaking the line 20 metres out . I've not seen Smithies break any lines despite his raw enthusiasm. Wells won't give as many pens away either

Smithies had a shocker last week but that’s his first in the top grade and hopefully he’ll put it behind him this week. I certainly wouldn’t drop him but by the same token I’ve been a huge fan of Wells for a long time and I’ve been really disappointed to see him struggle to overcome injuries and force his way through. There’s time for him to do that yet and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him play and not Greenwood on Sunday.