I thought that as well but having checked their sqad numbers he doent appear.

Exactly my point. A young untried kid thats not played 1st team rugby.

Its ok to drop someone in like that for a the odd game at a time, but any long term injury to Brough or Lilley then we are struggling massively. U cant get away with an untried half in this league this season in my opinion

True. Matty Race maybe, Pickersgill could move to 6 and Joe Brown to FB.

Do we need another winger/fullback?

Yeh i guess that would be an option, im personally not a fan of weakening a key position to plug a hole else where in the side.


I must say i think this season could come down to the side with the least injuries and Covid issues given the size of a lot of the squads

Not in my eyes. Lots of other positions id rather we strengthen 1st.

I think everyone's in the same boat. Very few teams, if any, have such depth they can have decent back ups at HB. Look at York, everyone raving about their recruitment but Morgan Smith sadly suffered an ACL injury and they've had to get a Warrington youngster with a 2 week recall option. Most teams have fragile squads and needing luck with injury.

If it is Harry Smith, I'd imagine Wigan would only release him if he was guaranteed first team rugby, not as a back up. Smith made a fair few appearances for Wigan last year if I remember rightly. Looks like he could be the real deal too. They wouldn't send him out to be a back up to Brough & Lilley.

I've seen Sanderson mentioned on social media. Seems to have a decent try scoring record but we don't need another back surely.

We do need back up in the half backs ideally. There was a rumour it was a prop but we have 4 plus Scurr and Ant Walker might yet sign if the loan goes OK.

Centres look a bit thin with only Evans, Oakes and Hamlett

Centres is an interesting one on paper we have 4 quality centres, Oakes, Evans, Dawson-Jones, and Murphy but all will be playing at the same time.... our 2nd row looks really slow though

Thought Murphy was more of a second row nowadays? As you say those four would all be playing at the same time. Hamlett looked promising. Evans can be injury prone.