Challenge Cup - York Acorn : Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:48 pm  

So with York Acorn coming up at the weekend, what kind of side do you expect us to put out? Can see it being a young side but with some bigger forwards as protection for the kids. Aydin will surely play as he missed yesterday, and people like Gardiner and Fash

Getting my tickets tomorrow, kids for free is great. I'm guessing we can sit or stand wherever?

Re: Challenge Cup - York Acorn : Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:03 pm  

Can see it been a mixture of our better youngsters and fringe players, something like

Moy
Briscoe
Westerman
Hardaker
Barron
Kemp
Cust
Fash
Balmforth
Aydin
Lane
Jebson
Gardiner

Salaibo
Hutchinson
Kirby
Sao

Or something similar it would have been an ideal game for the likes of Charles, Laidlaw and Litten to get going but unfortunately injury has ended that, I just hope it goes better than our last trip to Fev where we had about 4 long term injuries and God knows how many cards.

Re: Challenge Cup - York Acorn : Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:28 am  

Everyone not injured has to play assuming we play our best 17
They have cobwebs and they also need to practice that second half more !

Sorry for York but we need to practice and practice hard

I expect 90-0 win

Re: Challenge Cup - York Acorn : Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:13 am  

Tarquin Fuego wrote:

Everyone not injured has to play assuming we play our best 17
They have cobwebs and they also need to practice that second half more !

Sorry for York but we need to practice and practice hard

I expect 90-0 win

I just don't see what meaningful practice and fitness they are going to get playing against amateur opposition. For me it's just about getting through it without injuries. I would look at the squad and say, which players can we not afford to be without for the start of the season. Those guys wouldn't play. There is no point.

Moy
Martin
Westerman
Briscoe
Barron
Cust
Kemp
Sao
Balmforth
Aydin
Lane
Jebson
Gardiner

Salabio
Fash
Hutchison
Kirby

A smattering of first teamers to show respect to York Acorn and the competition, another chance for a few of the youngsters to make an impact, and guys like Asiata, Rapana and Sezer wrapped in cotton wool.

Even with that team I would expect to be winning by at least 80.

Re: Challenge Cup - York Acorn : Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:38 am  

It's unfortunate we drew the amateur team. We'd get a lot more out of a tougher game against a championship team

Re: Challenge Cup - York Acorn : Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:49 am  

I'd be tempted to run with our first choice spine. We sounded clunky against Cas

Re: Challenge Cup - York Acorn : Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:15 am  

mwindass wrote:

I'd be tempted to run with our first choice spine. We sounded clunky against Cas

Again, I'm just not sure what we would gain by running in tries at will that we couldn't just get from opposed training.