Re: 2017 Squad : Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:10 pm  

Leon Pryce at loose forward
You guys crack me up sometimes.

He'll play at 6, we won't get a full season out of Leon so Keyes will still get plenty of game time.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:17 am  

Nothus wrote:

Leon Pryce at loose forward
You guys crack me up sometimes.

He'll play at 6, we won't get a full season out of Leon so Keyes will still get plenty of game time.

Crazy isn't it? I sometimes think I've wandered onto a forum for a local loony bin.

Pryce is as much a 13 as Purtell, Haggerty, Addy & Mathers are half backs. You're completely right, no way will Leon go all season without an injury, so Keyes will play plenty. Besides, we need some proper cover for the halves (which we have with Keyes and perhaps Thomas) instead of relying on moving back rowers there as soon as one of our main 2 go down injured, as we have in previous years.

[Bulliac]

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:03 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

Mathers contract extension after impressing this season.

Lol, Well he's done little wrong - and that is a fact!

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:52 am  

Bulliac wrote:

Lol, Well he's done little - and that is a fact!

Edited for accuracy

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 11:08 am  

Frankie Mariano confirmed as leaving Cas at the end of the season. I mentioned in an earlier post that I'd love to see him at the Bulls.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 11:24 am  

beefy1 wrote:

Frankie Mariano confirmed as leaving Cas at the end of the season. I mentioned in an earlier post that I'd love to see him at the Bulls.

He'd be a great replacement for Gaskell....

On the recovery table

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 11:29 am  

Mariano is a good player if you keep him fit. But that's been his problem in recent years.

With our lack of forward options, I'd be tempted to see if he fancied it. But it would be a gamble.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:47 pm  

I'd definitely take Mariano. He'd make a good good signing for an SL team, never mind a championship team. Ok he's has injury problems but he would definitely be wroth the gamble IMO

[Bullseye]

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:56 pm  

I’m not sure. When he’s fit he’s useful but he’d have to come cheap considering his injury record.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Sep 01, 2016 4:04 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

Mariano is a good player if you keep him fit. But that's been his problem in recent years.

With our lack of forward options, I'd be tempted to see if he fancied it. But it would be a gamble.

Yes, but given his injury issues, we could probably get him on a cheaper deal with an option to extend should he manage to be fit for the lion share of the season