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    Default 21 man squad v Hull KR

    https://www.saintsrlfc.com/2022/06/1...-break-record/

    In: Royle, Hill
    Out: LMS, Matautia

    1. Jack Welsby, 2. Tommy Makinson, 3. Will Hopoate, 5. Regan Grace, 6. Jonny Lomax, 8. Alex Walmsley, 9. James Roby, 10. Matty Lees, 12. Joe Batchelor, 13, Morgan Knowles, 14. Joey Lussick, 16. Curtis Sironen, 17. Agnatius Paasi, 19. Jake Wingfield, 20. James Bell, 22. Ben Davies, 23. Konrad Hurrell, 24. Dan Norman, 26. Sam Royle, 27. Jon Bennison, 29. Dan Hill.
    NEVER WRITE OFF THE SAINTS

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    Hopoate
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Davies
    Grace
    Lomax
    Welsby
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Batchelor
    Sironen
    Knowles

    Lussick
    Paasi
    Norman
    Bell

    Royle, Hill, Bennison and Wingfield to miss out.
    NEVER WRITE OFF THE SAINTS

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    Still not convinced about Davies - not as a back anyway. Personally i'd go with;
    Bennison
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Hopoate
    Grace
    Welsby
    Lomax
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Sironen
    Batchelor
    Knowlesl

    Paasi
    Lussick
    Norman
    Wingfield or Bell

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Toppy View Post
    Still not convinced about Davies - not as a back anyway. Personally i'd go with;
    Bennison
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Hopoate
    Grace
    Welsby
    Lomax
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Sironen
    Batchelor
    Knowlesl

    Paasi
    Lussick
    Norman
    Wingfield or Bell
    Centre is Davies’ favoured position so I’m happy for him to be given a chance there. Just a pity Percival hasn’t recovered in time.

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    Team pretty much picks itself you'd imagine.

    Davies in the Centre for Sione and either Norman or Wingfield on the bench for LMS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Toppy View Post
    Still not convinced about Davies - not as a back anyway. Personally i'd go with;
    Bennison
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Hopoate
    Grace
    Welsby
    Lomax
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Sironen
    Batchelor
    Knowlesl

    Paasi
    Lussick
    Norman
    Wingfield or Bell
    We need to start building our spine combinations now. Hopoate has only just finished more or less his first 80 mins without being injured so we need him to stay at 1 and build some structure. Not sure we should change this so quickly.

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    Roby starting from the bench

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Yellow Giraffe View Post
    Hopoate
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Davies
    Grace
    Lomax
    Welsby
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Batchelor
    Sironen
    Knowles

    Lussick
    Paasi
    Norman
    Bell

    Royle, Hill, Bennison and Wingfield to miss out.
    Agree with this, though possibly a chance for Wingfield to play prop in place of Norman too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Yellow Giraffe View Post
    Hopoate
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Davies
    Grace
    Lomax
    Welsby
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Batchelor
    Sironen
    Knowles

    Lussick
    Paasi
    Norman
    Bell

    Royle, Hill, Bennison and Wingfield to miss out.
    Yes, I agree. I wonder whether Bennison will get the nod ahead of Bell on the bench to cover any injuries in the backs,

    I don't see Bennison replacing Hopoate at fullback as long as he is fit because he's an international fullback, but I would like to see Bennison getting more game time through out the rest of this season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BackrowSaint View Post
    Agree with this, though possibly a chance for Wingfield to play prop in place of Norman too.
    Is Wingfield a prop? i thought he is a second row

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Toppy View Post
    Still not convinced about Davies - not as a back anyway. Personally i'd go with;
    Bennison
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Hopoate
    Grace
    Welsby
    Lomax
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Sironen
    Batchelor
    Knowlesl

    Paasi
    Lussick
    Norman
    Wingfield or Bell
    This x 2 Bennison has looked ok when given the chance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pasty View Post
    Is Wingfield a prop? i thought he is a second row
    He plays a bit of both.
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    Think it'll be Davies at Centre, they'll want to keep Hopoate at Full Back to build the partnership.

    Only other option could be Makinson at Centre with Bennison on the Wing, or Batchelor at Centre.

    Other than that picks itself, other than Wingfield or Norman on the bench

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blobbynator View Post
    He plays a bit of both.
    Thanks, he certainly looks like he could play prop

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Toppy View Post
    Still not convinced about Davies - not as a back anyway. Personally i'd go with;
    Bennison
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Hopoate
    Grace
    Welsby
    Lomax
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Sironen
    Batchelor
    Knowlesl

    Paasi
    Lussick
    Norman
    Wingfield or Bell
    I know what you mean.

    However he has shed some timber and worked hard for an opportunity.
    So I think it fair he gets one.

    That said I think he has the makings of a great wide running second row rather than centre.
    I think we all agree he is not a 6.

    I would also like to see bennison give a go at fullback at some stage if not sunday.

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    Agree with bennison at 1. Im not sure this will happen but id like to see

    Bennison
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Hopoate
    Grace
    Lomax
    Welsby
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Sironen
    Batchelor
    Knowles

    Lussick
    Paasi
    Norman
    Bel

    Kr are without abdull and lewis

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Yellow Giraffe View Post
    Hopoate
    Makinson
    Hurrell
    Davies
    Grace
    Lomax
    Welsby
    Walmsley
    Roby
    Lees
    Batchelor
    Sironen
    Knowles

    Lussick
    Paasi
    Norman
    Bell

    Royle, Hill, Bennison and Wingfield to miss out.
    Think it’ll be this based on Woolf’s comments about Davies earlier in the week. Other option would be to see Hill at centre where he played well against Cas. No way he moves Hopoate from full back when him, Welsby and Lomax are still trying to gel as an attacking trio.
    Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.

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    Absolute madness that people are sticking Bennison at full back.

    Our halves and full back combinations have been all over the place since Good Friday, we've finally got our best choice 1, 6 and 7 picks available in Hopoate, Lomax and Welsby and people think we should change them again?!

    As Reacher says we need a settled combination and hopefully this is it now. Maybe further down the line we can try Bennison at 1 if we need to rest any of the halves, but right now we need to build some momentum and combinations in the key positions.
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    Is Simm injured?

    Or has the final decision been made to let him go at the end of the season so no point giving him game time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blobbynator View Post
    Absolute madness that people are sticking Bennison at full back.

    Our halves and full back combinations have been all over the place since Good Friday, we've finally got our best choice 1, 6 and 7 picks available in Hopoate, Lomax and Welsby and people think we should change them again?!

    As Reacher says we need a settled combination and hopefully this is it now. Maybe further down the line we can try Bennison at 1 if we need to rest any of the halves, but right now we need to build some momentum and combinations in the key positions.
    Its not madness.

    Davies has earned his shot at centre this week ( although he looks better suited to SR) and Bennison's time will come at some point this season.

    I think it merely reflects an ambivalence at best towards Hopaote.

    He doesn't excite many and he disappoints the rest.

    The most compleing case for his inclusion is trying to get a settled spine , nothing about what he offers personally.
    I've seen nothing other than a couple of game for Tonga in 2019 to argue against that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Webbo Again View Post
    Is Simm injured?

    Or has the final decision been made to let him go at the end of the season so no point giving him game time?
    The latter

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerry Mander View Post
    Its not madness.

    Davies has earned his shot at centre this week ( although he looks better suited to SR) and Bennison's time will come at some point this season.

    I think it merely reflects an ambivalence at best towards Hopaote.

    He doesn't excite many and he disappoints the rest.

    The most compleing case for his inclusion is trying to get a settled spine , nothing about what he offers personally.
    I've seen nothing other than a couple of game for Tonga in 2019 to argue against that.
    It is madness because whatever you or I think, Woolf believes our best 1,6 and 7 combination for the rest of the season is Hopoate, Welsby and Lomax. Those 3 will need time to build their combinations and get used to playing with each other. There are positions in the squad where you can move players about but your full back and halves need time to develop as a partnership. It's not a position you see alot of rotation because they are such skilled positions to play.
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    Quote Originally Posted by southernsaint7 View Post
    The latter
    Feel for him.
    He's not a Flemming or Costello he has something.
    However not everyone makes it.
    Apart from the semi has done pretty well in the first team.
    Hope he gets a decent gig elsewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Webbo Again View Post
    Is Simm injured?

    Or has the final decision been made to let him go at the end of the season so no point giving him game time?
    To Leeds is the rumour.

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    Hopoate played well in Toulouse, only Grace made more yards and we were far better in attack then we have been since we lost Dodd.

    We need to persist with him at full back for a few weeks rather than chopping and changing again

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