Just need Jy to make it complete but I think he will be off to Fev to play with his mate again.

Elliot Hall

Matty Dawson-Jones(Rumoured)

Kieran Gill

Rhys Evans

Elliot Kear



Seems a better back line than 2021.

Anyone know if Ross Oakes is staying?

Oakes is going

Another good edition for 2022.

Right decision for me

Never offered enough.

Never got a chance with Kear, 5 drives and a kick or 5 drives with a cut out pass, nobody seemed to complain when he kept putting Ryan in for his tries.

Ryan made him look better than he was imo

He was number one on Kears team shirt for 4 years, had plenty of chances to prove himself and he offered nothing in attack, if we want to challenge the top 2 Gill is a better option than Oakes .

I've always found Oakes decent, but he seems to have stagnated the last couple of years. I think if we're wanting to challenge for promotion and improve again then we need better than decent.



I'd have kept Oakes but he would have only been backup to Gill & Evans.

Oakes has got great hands but the rest of his game is a bit average. He's been fairly decent for us but we need a bit more strike out wide. Good luck to him and Gallagher.

Although I agree Oakes is not up to it in the centre I could see him in second row.

I'll be sad if Oakes leaves. He has great hands for a centre and every time I've seen him play he looks difficult to bring down.

Anyone saying that Ryan made him look better than he was doesn't know what they're talking about. The reason we had so much joy down that flank when Bentley was here was because of Bentley. Centres need space and early ball and Oakes got plenty of that playing outside JB. Wingers need good service and Ryan got plenty of that playing outside Oakes.



The style of rugby we play does not compliment the outside backs one bit. Let's see how the new additions do if we continue with this up the middle playstyle.