Quote ="SirStan"If our sole intension was to improve defence why didn't we go and get another centre to replace Welham?'" Don't think it was our sole intention but our main intention. /> Maybe the coaching staff think Welham won't be as exposed this season because he'll have a half-back and a second-rower inside him who can actually defend?

Quote ="SirStan"If our sole intension was to improve defence why didn't we go and get another centre to replace Welham?'" Don't think it was our sole intention but our main intention. /> Maybe the coaching staff think Welham won't be as exposed this season because he'll have a half-back and a second-rower inside him who can actually defend?

surely your picking the team on last years form how do you know who will be injured in warm up games, who will play with knocks etc. sean gleeson is in most peoples team yet we now know he wont start against leeds. kostigan,wheyman,keeting,maki,laroyye we dont know how quickly they will adapt to uk conditions

Not forgetting the injured players in edan, berns and horn

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1. Eden



2. Cockayne

3. Welham

4. Salter

5. Hall



6. Burns

7. Keating



8. Poore

9. Hodgson

10. A. Walker



11. Larroyer

12. Costigan

13. Langley



14. Carlile

15. Lovegrove

16. Weyman

17. J Walker



Lovegrove makes it for me due to his versatility, if we were to take an injury in the backs, Lovegrove provides an option off the bench.

Quote ="EL CAMO" 1. Eden 2. Cockayne 3. Welham 4. Salter 5. Hall 6. Burns 7. Keating 8. Poore 9. Hodgson 10. A. Walker 11. Larroyer 12. Costigan 13. Langley 14. Carlile 15. Lovegrove 16. Weyman 17. J Walker Lovegrove makes it for me due to his versatility, if we were to take an injury in the backs, Lovegrove provides an option off the bench.'" /> Putting aside 'your' first XIII and 'my' first XIII, I think the announced squad numbers give more than a clue as to who are first choices in the unlikely event of that luxury ever becoming available. /> D. Hodgson gets his share of injuries, Hall gets his share of injuries...so in the course of time the relevance of who is first choice will give way to the pressing need of who is available. At any given time it's just as likely neither will be fit as both. For now it's clearly Hodgson. /> Larroyer vs Cox is an interesting one. The Frenchman has far less SL experience than Cox despite being 3 years older. Larroyer has scored 10 tries in 23 Super League games which is impressive for a second row man maybe that is what gives him the nod. But Cox used to score 4 tries a game at academy level..........2014 has the signs of being his breakthrough year and unlike Larroyer he is not contracted to another club for 2015. Lovegrove........rightly or wrongly well down the pecking order in the fantasy of a fully fit Craig Sandercock squad. A Wakefield player tomorrow if they could stump up for his wages......Craig Hall too. /> Whatever, happy new year to all Rovers well wishers and thank you to the moderators who provide this platform for us to express our opinions.

Quote ="EL CAMO" 1. Eden 2. Cockayne 3. Welham 4. Salter 5. Hall 6. Burns 7. Keating 8. Poore 9. Hodgson 10. A. Walker 11. Larroyer 12. Costigan 13. Langley 14. Carlile 15. Lovegrove 16. Weyman 17. J Walker Lovegrove makes it for me due to his versatility, if we were to take an injury in the backs, Lovegrove provides an option off the bench.'" /> Putting aside 'your' first XIII and 'my' first XIII, I think the announced squad numbers give more than a clue as to who are first choices in the unlikely event of that luxury ever becoming available. /> D. Hodgson gets his share of injuries, Hall gets his share of injuries...so in the course of time the relevance of who is first choice will give way to the pressing need of who is available. At any given time it's just as likely neither will be fit as both. For now it's clearly Hodgson. /> Larroyer vs Cox is an interesting one. The Frenchman has far less SL experience than Cox despite being 3 years older. Larroyer has scored 10 tries in 23 Super League games which is impressive for a second row man maybe that is what gives him the nod. But Cox used to score 4 tries a game at academy level..........2014 has the signs of being his breakthrough year and unlike Larroyer he is not contracted to another club for 2015. Lovegrove........rightly or wrongly well down the pecking order in the fantasy of a fully fit Craig Sandercock squad. A Wakefield player tomorrow if they could stump up for his wages......Craig Hall too. /> Whatever, happy new year to all Rovers well wishers and thank you to the moderators who provide this platform for us to express our opinions.