Re: 2017 Improvements Already on the Pitch? : Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:31 pm  

R.B.A wrote:

Id sooner see us experiment in trial matches rather than when the season starts. Personally I think that Salter is a good stone away from being able to play in the back row but don't forget that he played a big chunk of his Academy rugby as a second row forward (successfully too) so going forward it could be a viable option.
I am taking it that Sheens is looking at ways to accommodate Salter, Minns and Heffernan into his 17.

I agree with you entirely. You have made the point that I was trying to infer in my post above, but failed. Namely Salter and Clarkson are a good 1-2 stones too light for the position they were asked to play against a much larger Leeds forward collective. I know Tim Sheens is still looking for forward reinforcements down the line. Ben Kavanagh signed too late to play at Leeds as well.

Butler-Fleming is still to debut into the back line, which may push Salter further down the pecking order at centre.

Re: 2017 Improvements Already on the Pitch? : Tue Jan 24, 2017 8:51 am  

Would be surprised once jbf is fit if salter gets a look in in the three quarters, too small for back row too.....

Re: 2017 Improvements Already on the Pitch? : Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:24 pm  

Looking at the HDM reports about the preseason training camp, this is infinitely better than the reports of preseason 2016 which didn't really exist apart from allegedly helping out with flood victims to promote team bonding. Makes you wonder what the hell Chester was thinking.

11 days to go......

Re: 2017 Improvements Already on the Pitch? : Thu Jan 26, 2017 6:07 pm  

Feeling more optimistic about this season then I have done for years!!