Day1 of Season 2025!

[Mickie Lane]

Anyone prepared to stick their neck out and predict who cops a season ending injury during training?

Billy Smith perhaps?

I remember at the beginning of this year having high hopes for Billy Smith after he ended the 2023 season strongly after being out for most of it, he trained all off season at left centre & was going to be in the centres with Manu, Suaalii was going to be the odd man out then the news came though that Billy had injured himself & did not play 1 FG in 2024 & Suaalii went on & played SOO.
Surely Billy doesnt get a bad injury again, mind you I did say that also at the end of 2022 after he was injured all of that season.

[Mickie Lane]

What's our predicted round 1 team then? I'd say approximately...

1. Teddy
2. Toops
3. Billy / Pauga / Toia
4. Mark N
5. Young
6. Sandon
7. Townsend
8. Leniu
9. Watson
10. Collins
11. Crichton
12. Rads
13. Whyte

14. Dockar-Clay
15. Wong
16. Nat
17. Va'a

I think Pauga & Smith will be first choice centres because they are the 2 most experienced & we lack expeerience.
Personally I would start with Toia & Billy Smith if he is fit.
Who plays FB if Teddy gets injured?