Team Against Warriors

[Guest]

1. Anthony Minichiello
2. Justin Carney
3. Mitchell Aubusson
4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5. Joseph 'BJ' Leilua
6. Todd Carney
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
9. Jake Friend
10. Martin Kennedy
11. Braith Anasta
12. Tom Symonds
13. Nate Myles

INTERCHANGE

14. Jason Ryles
15. Mose Masoe
16. Mark Riddell
17. Frank Paul Nuuausala

EXTENDED BENCH

18. Daniel Conn
19. Tinirau Arona
20. Phil Graham

It's nice to have depth..

[Spanner in the works]

It's a quality side.

The bench is probably the only spot for Ryles now if he must be selected. We need to give some of the young guys the responsibility of starting up front, since Ryles will retire sooner rather than later. Long term gain over short term success I say. And if we can avoid buying a new forward leader once he retires then we are going to be in a much better position.

If Riddell gets used like he did last week, then he has a spot for much of the season, at least until Watts is fully rehabilitated. I'd like to give him 10 minutes at the end of the first half and the first 5 of the second half though, so Friend gets a good half hour break.

I'd like to see Leilua eventually move back to the bench or into the centres once Perrett returns. Carney, if he maintains form, is a must on one wing while Perrett needs to be on the other. Leilua doesn't get the ball in his hands anywhere near as much as he should, given his game breaking ability, and would be far better suited either in Aubusson's spot (who can move back to the second row), or coming off the bench as an extra forward once Watts is back and Riddell goes.

It's a start though and the side is heading in the right direction.

[Bansai Pipeline]

Conn for Ryles.

Conn has an offload.

[Guest]

Ryles is struggling this year, Arona and Conn looked good last week, Id be sticking with them.