for next season now it seems recruitment is over

Whiting
Sharp
Berrigan
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
O'Meley
Houghton
Fitzgibbon
Manu
Tickle
Westerman

Tansey
Moa
Radford
Lauaki

Well that should send a shiver through the world of rugby league.

Its like a cast list from cocoon.

For the 1st few games

Tansey
Sharp
Berrigan
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
O'Meley
Houghton
Fitzgibbon
Manu
Tickle
Westerman

Washbrook
Moa
Radford
Lauaki


After a few games

Whiting
Sharp
Turner
Yeaman
Briscoe
Tansey
Berrigan
Shrek
Houghton
Fitz
Manu
Tickle
Westerman

Washbrook
Moa
Radford
Lauaki

Cant argue with that, depending on further signings of course.

Hello there Mr Ranga, how are you?

Our squad is younger than yours!

He can't be gingerspice, he's too literate.

It's amazing how many Rovers fans are too dim to comprehend this simple fact.

Oh, wait - it's not a surprise at all. As you were.

Why limit an accurate description Kosh?

Fair point well made.

Tansey 24 v Briscoe 27
Sharpe 24 v Fox 26
Whiting 25 v Webster 27
Yeaman 27 v Welham 23
Briscoe 20 v Colbon 26
Horne 28 v Green 24
Long 34 v Dobson 24
O'Meley 29 v Clinton 28
Berro/Houghton 32/21 v Fisher/Murrell 29/25
Fitz 33 v Lovegrove 23
Manu 30 v Newton 29
Tickle 27 v Vella 32
Westerman 21 v Galea 32

Total - Hull 375 v Rovers 375

1. Whiting
2. Briscoe
3. Berrigan
4. Yeaman
5. Sharp
6. Horne
7. Long
8. Radford
9. Houghton
10. O'Meley
11. Tickle
12. Manu
13. Westerman

14. Tansey
15. Moa
16. Lauaki
17. Fitz

Ranga spice claims to be female, if they aren't married they'd make a great couple.

As long as they weren't allowed to breed.

Although Dowes for Radford as he is out for the first few games isn't he?

Of course Pike brought down the average of Dad's Army.



I'm not going to take the figures seriously until somebody wastes several minutes of their life working out the standard deviation from the mean.

Is recruitment over?

Let's hope not eh !!



Otherwise we might be suffering from deja vu in 2011 and blaming it all on injuries.

Well we are looking to offload Burnett and the Berrigan rumours are really strong so I think there are still things to happen yet.

Tansey
Sharp
Berrigan
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
O'meley
Houghton
Radford
Fitz
Tickle
Westerman

Manu
Moa
Lauaki
Dowes

if it were me who made the shout then i would go

Whiting
Sharp
Berrigan
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
O'Meley
Houghton
Moa
Manu
Tickle
Westerman

Tansey
Fitzgibbon
Radford
Lauaki

Tansey spelling Houghton and Fitz coming on at prop? I like it but can't see it happening. The only negative is I would rather start with Fitz as we need his leadership and workrate on the pitch as much as possible. I'd swap him and Moa.

Tansey
Briscoe
Berrigan
Yeaman
Sharp
Horne
Long
O'Meley
Houghton
Radford
Fitzgibbon
Tickle
Westerman

Whiting
Manu
Lauaki
Moa

I would normally choose Whiting at FB over Tansey but next season i'm hoping Tansey has improved on/off the pitch. also whiting on the bench he can change with berro who could play hooker if needed

1.tansey
2.sharp
3.whiting
4.yeamen
5.briscoe
6.horne
7.long
8.omeley
9.berrigan
10.fitzgibbon
11.tickle
12.manu
13.westerman
subs
14.houghton
15.radford
16.moa
17.lauaki

j briscoe,kent,nicklas,crooks,turner,cunno,green,lynne,washy,burnett,dowes as backup, still we need a top class right centre, can see berro playing there but playing houghton for the full 80 every game will do him no good.

How ever we shuffle the players around, we are a HB and a centre or a HB and a hooker short of having a squad that is capable of seriously challenging for silverware. A big no-nonsense prop would also be a bonus.

Roll on 2012 because, if we are serious about being the best, that will be our chance to show it with our recruitment and retention.