If (touch wood) everyone is fit for the St Helens game who would be in your 17

Mine would be:

Tansey
Calderwood
Hall
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
O'Meley
Berrigan
Cusack
Radford
Fitzgibbon
Wasbrook

Lauaki
Manu
Houghton
Turner/Whiting

why give your opinion on 16 out of 17 places and then sit on fence for Whiting/Turner?

get of the fence man and name that place

Tansey
Calderwood
Hall
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
O'Meley
Berro
Cusack
Radford
Tickle
Fitzgibbon

Manu
Lauaki
Moa
Houghton

Would like us to go with a high impact bench and would have Radford over Washbrook due to the fact off the state that the pitch is likely to be in, can see it been a forward battle.

Think this season imo we are likely to see Tansey join the line as an extra pivot from fullback so id expect Fitz to play a lot of rugby at 13.

1. Tansey
2. Calderwood
3. Yeaman
4. Hall
5. Briscoe
6. Washbrook
7. Long
8. O'Meley
9. Berrigan
10. Cusack
11. Burnett
12. Tickle
13. Fitzgibbon

14. Houghton
15. Luauki
16. Moa
17. Turner

Doubt very much that Berrigan and Yeaman will play, also these type of games usually feature more than 17.

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Dont see why not,yeamo will be available for the derby game if selected,berro should be fit too,think for the first time in ages rich will have a selection headache.

what, you can now play more than 17 in a super league game?

Clearly must have mis-read the title - mistaking it for the "friendly"?

Agar has some great options this season. I'll go with:

1. Tansey
2. Calderwood
3. Yeaman
4. Hall
5. Briscoe
6. Horne
7. Long
8. O'Meley
9. Berrigan
10. Cusack
11. Tickle
12. Manu
13. Fitzgibbon

14. Moa
15. Lauaki
16. Radford
17. Turner

Houghton's unlucky to miss out but, in my opinion, Berrigan is one of the best hookers in the world and an 80 minute player. Why rotate him? I would use Houghton through the season and see him as Berrigans long term replacement, but not for the Saints game. Turner looks an exciting prospect and can provide cover for all of the backline.

Radford and Tickle both tend to play on the right so I'd keep Manu on the left to provide better balance. Lauaki and Radford can both step in as second row replacements or as the 4th prop as the situation dictates.

I'd also like to see Yeaman on the right and Hall on the left. I think this is the key to unlocking Hall's potential. He never seems entirely comfortable at right centre.

And still Houghton, Washbrook, Whiting, Dowes, and Burnett waiting in the wings and pressing for a first team spot.

seems pretty much spot on in all you have said

I agree with pretty much all of that. I would like to see Washy establish himself at loose forward next season though.

Agree, apart from the Horne at 6 and Tansey at FB bit. Aren't they the wrong way round?

If the rumours are to be believed Tansey and R Horne may operate the other way round. I'd like to see one of Lauaki and Manu to be on the pitch at all times in the back row, dont think prop suits Lauaki as much as wide running 2nd row does.

I'd go for (taking the rumour into account)

1. Horne
2. Calderwood
3. Yeaman
4. Hall
5. Briscoe
6. Tansey
7. Long
8. Cusack
9. Berro
10. Radford
11. Lauaki
12. Fitz
13. Washy

14. O'Meley
15. Moa
16. Manu
17. Houghton

Dont believe rumours mate



Tansey is our fullback,horney will partner longy

Then i'd swap those 2 around and that would be my team.

can see ur point mate but Tansey has been brought in to be our fullback, (in my opinion of course)

remember i know nowt

You misunderstand. I'd named Tansey at 6 and Horne at 1 in my team on the previous page. I've said i'd swap them back around meaning Horne to 6 as per your steer that thats where they'll play, not that i'd swap them around and disagree with Agar.

Difference between what my team would be and what i think it will be
What i think it will be
1.Tansey
2.Calderwood
3.Hall
4.Yeaman
5.Briscoe
6.Horne
7.Long
8.Cusack
9.Berrigan
10.O'meley
11.Radford
12.Tickle
13.Fitzgibbon
Subs
14.Manu
15.Houghton
16.Moa
17.Lauaki
I would like to see washy at 13 with fitz in 2nd row replacing radford

i like the Mars team sheet... it's great to see how many options there are since we started the recruitment for next season

i would expect tansey and turner to both have a go playing at 6 sometime

i think radford deserves a starting spot in 2nd row

i think houghton should be on the bench and rotate with berro. interchanging hookers seem to be very effective in SL. easy tactic

could talk about this all day, and i probably will when i see my dad, only to get a bollocking off my mum about 'bloody rugby over the dinner table again....give it a rest'

Funny isn't it, in previous years we've been almost certain what our best 17 is. This year we could pick dozens of variations of the side. Shows how good the recruitment has been and the depth it's given us in multiple positions.

Thats the key thing next year. When players of the ilk of Whiting, Turner, Washy and Burnett are likely to be sat in the stands if all players are fit we really do have some squad depth!

Which gives Agar a further headache about keeping them all happy. Nice headache to have though.

1. Tansey
2. Calderwood
3. Yeaman
4. Hall
5. Briscoe
6. Horne
7. Long
8. O'Meley
9. Berrigan
10. Cusack
11. Fitzgibbon
12. Manu
13. Washbrook

14. Moa
15. Lauaki
16. Radford/Tickle/Burnett
17. Houghton

Any please can Agar take note, Hally left centre not right!!