Doing my rolling 46 after Wednesday's session.

B: Lever, Petty, Turner

HB: Lindsay, McDonald, Taylor

C: Langford, Steele, Windsor

HF: Chandler, van Rooyen, L.Pickett

F: Fritsch, Miocek, Jefferson

FOLL: Gawn, Rivers, K.Pickett

IC: Langdon, Sparrow, Salem, Melksham, Jiath

EMERG: Laurie, Tholstrup, Howes

Casey

B: L.Lual, Adams, W.Lual

HB: Bergman, Berry, Bonner

C: Howes, Onley, Culley

HF: Sharp, Johnson, Mentha

F: Cross, Kentfield, Matthews

FOLL: Heath, Tholstrup, Laurie

IC: Henderson, Moniz-Wakefield, Hampton, Sruk, Sinnema

8 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Doing my rolling 46 after Wednesday's session.

B: Lever, Petty, Turner

HB: Lindsay, McDonald, Taylor

C: Langford, Steele, Windsor

HF: Chandler, van Rooyen, L.Pickett

F: Fritsch, Miocek, Jefferson

FOLL: Gawn, Rivers, K.Pickett

IC: Langdon, Sparrow, Salem, Melksham, Jiath

EMERG: Laurie, Tholstrup, Howes

Casey

B: L.Lual, Adams, W.Lual

HB: Bergman, Berry, Bonner

C: Howes, Onley, Culley

HF: Sharp, Johnson, Mentha

F: Cross, Kentfield, Matthews

FOLL: Heath, Tholstrup, Laurie

IC: Henderson, Moniz-Wakefield, Hampton, Sruk, Sinnema

Culley in seconds??? Is that becuase he is coming of his injury

6 hours ago, deemoralizing67 said:

Culley in seconds??? Is that becuase he is coming of his injury

Yes

Most posters do not have Heath on the bench - does that mean they favour having JVR having to do ruck work as relief instead of concentrating on becoming the next big thing as a KPF??

Wouldn't it help prolong Big Max's career having regular proficient relief?

Edited February 12Feb 12 by monoccular

Heath will play rnd 1, Take it to the Bank

10 hours ago, picket fence said:

Heath will play rnd 1, Take it to the Bank

They can't have Jefferson, van Rooyen, Miocek, Gawn and Heath in the one side too tall. Are you saying Jefferson won't play?

Round 1 team based on match sim 13/02

B: McDonald, Turner, Petty

HB: Salem, Lever, Lindsay

C: Langford, Steele, Langdon

HF: Fritsch, Mihocek, Sparrow

F: L Pickett, JVR, Chandler

R: Gawn, Pickett, Rivers

I: Windsor, Jefferson, Howes, Jiath, Tholstrup

Potential best 23 injured or unavailable: Viney, Culley, Bowey, May, AMW

Not sure about Melksham.

I think Culley will be in there, the broken arm should be fixed by Round 1.

At the moment I'd have Heath instead of Jefferson.

On 13/02/2026 at 09:48, WERRIDEE said:

They can't have Jefferson, van Rooyen, Miocek, Gawn and Heath in the one side too tall. Are you saying Jefferson won't play?

I would have Kentfield ahead of Jefferson on last week's form.

3 minutes ago, mauriesy said:

Not sure about Melksham.

I think Culley will be in there, the broken arm should be fixed by Round 1.

At the moment I'd have Heath instead of Jefferson.

17 minutes ago, monoccular said:

I would have Kentfield ahead of Jefferson on last week's form.

I would too, but listening to Troy Chapman's post game interview on the website, I suspect that the coaching team is backing Jeffo at this point. Chapman talks of Kentfield making a bit of a claim for that 5th bench spot after his performance against North.

I also can't see that they would play both Kentfield and Heath as forward/rucks, so I'm suspecting that it will take another game of respectively good and poor/mid performances from Kentfield and Jeffo, for Kentfield to get a gig ahead of Jeffo.

Not 100% that I agree with this, but it's how I'm reading the situation at the moment.

I do also sense that there's something to work with in Jeffo and that he'll be given oppertunites to establish himself.

It’ll be absolutely crazy if Jeffo plays over Kentfield round one if he isn’t seen again against Richmond.

40 minutes ago, Demongirl35 said:

It’ll be absolutely crazy if Jeffo plays over Kentfield round one if he isn’t seen again against Richmond.

I wonder if they will play Petty forward with Miocek out? Jefferson to get first crack in the pocket and Kentfield to come in later

Rolling best 23

B: Lever, McDonald, Salem

HB: Jiath, Turner, Tholstrup

C: Langford, Steele, Lindsay

HF: Chandler, van Rooyen, L.Pickett

F: Fritsch, Miocek, Petty

FOLL: Gawn, Rivers, K.Pickett

IC: Langdon, Sparrow, Windsor, Howes, Heath

EMERG: Culley, Kentfield, Jefferson

On 13/02/2026 at 09:48, WERRIDEE said:

They can't have Jefferson, van Rooyen, Miocek, Gawn and Heath in the one side too tall. Are you saying Jefferson won't play?

If he plays like he did vs Norf he will lose his position, Luker is also breathing down his neck. Backing him to play well vs Richtank though!

B: Howes Petty Lever

HB: Lindsay Turner Jiath

C: Windsor Steele Langford

HF: Chandler JVR LPickett

F: Mihocek Kentfield Fritsch

R: Gawn Rivers Pickett

I: Culley, Salem, Sparrow, Heath, Langdon

17 hours ago, Demonland said:

What more does Luker have to do to get a guernsey????

18 hours ago, Demonland said:

That's one "L" of a centre line

18 hours ago, Demonland said:

No L.Pickett = no idea.

28 minutes ago, old55 said:

No L.Pickett = no idea.

And Jefferson ( who has never played CHF incidentally) instead of Kentfield. Not on the basis of last Friday

54 minutes ago, old55 said:

No L.Pickett = no idea.

He is certain starter if fit comes in for Melksham and Kentfield for Taylor

2 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

What more does Luker have to do to get a guernsey????

Answer... play another good game Friday and hope Jeffo plays a stinker, or gets an injury!

13 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Answer... play another good game Friday and hope Jeffo plays a stinker, or gets an injury!

I would never wish playing a stinker or getting an injury on any player of ours and nor should you (you’ve put a pox on SpargyPants’ house more than once over the years, don’t deny it!)

They will select a team off the body of work of preseason rather than an isolated praccy game