Merged the two topics.

I'm surprised Max is not No. 1
Whether that means anything is another thing altogether but he'd be mine.

Max is only 20, plenty of time for that but for me he's first choice.

Interesting when number 9 comes out, my money is on Big Lads Mate.

Did anyone else notice that there is only 20 squad numbers to go, but 21 players (excluding Scott Moore) to be announced?

(Grix, Johnstone, B.tupou, Arundel, BJB, Miller, Williams, Fifita, Sio, England, Ashurst, Kirmond, A.tupou, Wood, Huby, Arona, Allgood, MCB, Lyne, Finn & Molloy. )

Well spotted! Though depending on who you choose to listen to it could A.Topou or Scott Moore not getting a shirt

If we're including Scott Moore its 22 players for 20 shirts! ha.
I think he has gone to be fair.

And I think Anthony Tupou is back over here, but whether hes staying is another matter.

When I saw Tupou walking round Trinity Walk last week, can't realistically see him running on a rugby pitch anytime soon.

Boxing Day friendly is only 2 weeks away.

Think Toops has finished, if I'm being honest.

I wonder if Tupou has taken on more of a welfare/coaching/Aussie recruitment role? I reckon it would suit him well

The centre and the hooker are the ones I'm really interested to see what we will be doing with

I wonder if we are waiting for a medical on toups so he may or may not be number 31 and depending on what happens Moore could be 32

Quite like the squad drip feed idea
Gets a bit of buzz going on who will be playing where

Roll on Boxing Day

That's a definite possibility

Wonder if bjb or grix is getting the number 1 shirt - bit surprised that jowitt hasn't a lower squad number than grix

Numbers mean squat, in 2012 Ellis was 9, wood was 7 and Tim Smith 20 but Wood played Hooker and Smith played scrum half and Ellis barely played.

Absolute disgrace that Chris `The Force `Anakin has not got a 8 - 13 shirt number.
Yours in Trinity
Gutted of Outwood

Some players choose their squad numbers - maybe he was asked and said 'I'll stick with last years number, it served me well' - comfort, superstition, lack of ego ... its the ones who demand a specific number that worry me, they're not team players.

It'll definitely be Grix. Don't even think CC played BJB at full back in a single game last year so hopefully he gets 2 and Johnstone 5 because I'm OCD and Johnstone wearing 2 on the left wing last year annoyed me.

First game of the year BJB was full back I think. Johnstone tried to offload to him on our own line. Don't think he played many more matches at FB, if any.

I think that it would be really tough on Max, if he doesn't get the FB spot.
We should be trying to build our team around Jowitt and Johnstone and showing some commitment towards both of them.
Although Grix has way more experience, IMO, it would be wrong to select him ahead of young Max.

Perhaps it was Jowitt's choice to not take 1, maybe he wants to consolidate his training and learn more from Grix whilest still getting a decent amount of game time

I feel your pain Belly - do you like his new hair cut, I'm not so keen.

I have no inside knowledge of the club however I'm 100% confident that Scott Moore will not be playing for us; having been show a source from social media.
Which is a shame because I do like Moore as a player and he definitely brings something to our team.

well if numbers mean squat why bother numbering at all , and why all the traffic on here?

Most players want a 1 - 13 shirt and most coaches number their starting 13 in roughly the position they choose them to play . That can change over the course of a season in the case of Tim smith he wanted number 20 for superstition reasons.

Not fussed Jowitt hasn't got the one shirt, he'll start Boxing Day I imagine anyway. Up to him to keep the spot from Grix.

Numbers don't mean a great deal but they can indicate.

Numbers don't mean that a player can't start, but it does indicate what the coach is planning.

But as said, it might be Jowitt's choice or CC may be doing it to take some pressure off him.

I'm in training as we speak