In its simplest form, if you compare the team for 2025 c/w the team that started 2024, we have replaced Nicholson with Yates and Drinkwater with Hayes / Leyland. From what Sam Burgess has said, Russell has been brought in to give us 'options' in the second row.

The halfback situation is a bit 'wait and see' as it depends upon whether / how quickly Hayes can come back from a serious injury, but having Leyland there gives us a Plan B.

In the pack Fitzgibbon's fitness is clearly a concern. He only played in 17 out of 33 games last season (and failed to complete 2 of those), so we're going to need Holroyd et al.

Before the 2024 season started, we lost Kasiano. He's never been replaced, and we've missed not having a big interchange prop. Musgrove doesn't seem to punch his weight and whilst Yates, Philbin, Crowther and Holroyd all give 100%, our pack lacks a bit of size.

I'm not worried about our 3/4s. Lindop, Wrench and Taylor-Wray are there for backup and to put pressure on the incumbents.

In summary, I see us as being neither weaker, nor stronger, than at the start of 2024.

Thanks for your continued support and understanding while we try to fix the ongoing issues with the forced early rollout of the new system.

Honestly i think i'm done with the website which i'm gutted about, i love the forum and chatting with everyone, but it just seems daft to have to follow the instructions just to use it.
Hopefully there is another forum somewhere i can find.
I'll proberbly check in once a week but i might not.
So if i don't get to speak to you lot again, all the best, it's been great over the years. COTW.

We sorry to lose you. We do appreciate how inconvenient it is to have to follow some instructions to get things working properly in the small number if cases where people are still experiencing problems.


We hope to release a big ‘fix’ release next week. Be assured we are working very hard behind the scenes to fix a number of general issues.


Thanks for your continued patience.

Lets not lose the sight of the fact that this forum is provided free of charge.  Yes, it's very slow and super clunky, but it's free and someone probably uses their spare time to administer it for nothing.