braytontiger wrote:
Will be interesting to see what the two sides look like.
I would imagine fev will look to use more of their own players this year and will use DR sparingly when they need to whilst a few of the fevs younger players will play for Leeds in reserve grade.
Think the above may be correct. Our starting 17 at Fev is pretty strong, we have very little depth though and that's where DR will come in. I'd think we'll probably use McLelland from the start if he isn't in the Leeds 17 in week one, but with Alex Sutcliffe injured maybe not too many others early on until injuries etc come into play. Maybe Holroyd if he's not selected by Leeds, but Lockwood, Ferguson, Ferres, Albert, Susino, Harrison, Bussey are all top-range Championship forwards and the likes of Mustapha, Walters, Dupree etc may need to wait for injuries/suspensions (which will happen of course) before they get a run out. The position Fev badly need at the moment is a second hooker so it's a shame Johnson is injured.
Am sure the Leeds reserves will see plenty of the Fev younger fringe players especially in the backs which is where we have a few youngsters and where I believe you might not be quite as blessed in depth as you are with young forwards.
