Really need Mulhern fit for this one. I'd say Holmes as well.

I'm expecting a tough game for us (Wire). Although to be fair, I think we owe you one.

I think we owe you three.

If we have Mulhern and Holmes back, and with the continued exposure/improvement for Trout and Norman, we will give Wite a great game.
I’m not convinced that Moylan at 1 is our best approach as opposed to him at 6, but Lammy knows way more than I could ever wish to dream of, so whatever he does I’m behind.
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I’ll throw this out there. What about playing Sailor at full back and either Nisbet or Chamberlain on the wing, we can then keep Hardacker at centre and Moylan in the halves.

Well Sailor would be wonderful I’m sure, but that ship has sailed

for now

I presume you mean Hanley, but again I dint think he has the experience to be an additional pivot in attack - Moylan for me, possibly brand whenever he’s fit but he’s probably got a torn calf - everybody else seems to get one

I'd prefer Hanley to full back and Nisbet to wing over Hardaker to full back and Chamberlain to centre. Chamberlain has missed a ton of tackles in the games he's played recently. Looks like he needs a loan to the championship for a few weeks.

But I'd stick with Moylan at 1. The only reason to change that would be if McNamara is really struggling at 6. But we really need to offload Nakubuwai to free up a spot to go and sign Armstrong, or whoever else they might have lined up.

Lam tried moving Jackson Hastings to fullback in 2021 and it never worked - surprised he's going down that route again when Hardaker is there.

Sorry, yeh I did mean Hanley. Had a brain fart with that one. We can only dream seeing Sailor now he’s in the seventeen at the Broncos.

Didn't Moylan start out as a full back though? Three main problems with moving Hardaker there now are that his pace isn't great, nor is his ball playing ability to be an extra half like O'Brien. It would also see Chamberlain in the starting 17, and he's struggled recently

Correct , Moylan made his name in NRL at Full Back. The way we play , and I said similar at the start of last year is Lam likes an extra half coming into the line at Full Back .

Hardaker gives more grunt than finesse and I’m happy keep Zak at 3.

Not sure how many assists o Brien had last season but I would wager more than Reynolds which is probably why he will go with McNamara at half back until Gaz is back.