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Pre season games : Fri Nov 24, 2017 7:56 pm  
We now have 5 pre season games planned. Toronto, St Helens, Keighley, Sheffield and Halifax. This is an unprecedented number. Anyone other than me wondering why? Is cashflow a problem?

Also, is this wise from a playing point of view? 5 games. That's a heck of an injury risk for meaningless games. If we had a head coach would he agree to all these games?

Expect at least 3 of these games to be predominantly U19 games.
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Re: Pre season games : Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:23 pm  
Chalmers said that there would be a large number of friendlies due to the number of new players and the need for them to gel.
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Re: Pre season games : Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:32 pm  
5 games still seems excessive to me. Especially with both halfbacks coming back from injury. I'd say 3 would've been a better number. But I'm not a coach. Hang on....
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Re: Pre season games : Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:24 pm  
We went from 4 preseason games, down to two. Now up to 5. So we are back to the original number plus 1 for the late start to the season. Lets have it! More rugby before the season! Besides. Gives us a few good tests. I can't see many of our lads getting injured against a U19's St Helens side. The other 4 will be good tests in their own right.
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Re: Pre season games : Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:32 pm  
I_Pitty_Stevo wrote:
a large number of friendlies due to the number of new players that need paying for.


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Re: Pre season games : Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:09 pm  
Correct me if im wrong but at this moment we only have 23 players in our squad!!!
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Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:07 am  
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Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:33 am  
The Coach who can bring in the most players cheaply will get the job, that's why Duffy is on the interviewing panel as he is the Clubs contracts Manger! :wink:
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Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 6:23 am  
We also have a friendly against Dewsbury too I believe.
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Re: Pre season games : Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:43 am  
To save trawling through announcements and threads, can anyone give a quick list of confirmed games? I think there are six, as Dewsbury was also mentioned I believe
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