Dave K.:
Looking at who is playing for the reserves and out on DR. 4 of them won't play tomorrow be interesting who is 18th man.
Worried we may have Moy l/Cust or Moy/Litten on the bench.
Unless we throw out something wild like Hardraker or Rapana in the backrow.
I actually don't think Hardaker in the backrow would be wild at all. At this stage of his career I reckon it would be a good move for him. There are some real tough decisions to make though. I'd perhaps be tempted by something like this:
Moy
Rapana
Litten
Briscoe
Martin
Pryce
Sezer
Ese'ese
Bourouh
Aydin
Hardaker
Chamberlain
Asiata
Knight
Ashworth
Eseh/Salabio
Cust
Three quarters look decent, really strong half back pairing, Hardaker solves a problem in the backrow, Cust to cover hooker and provide options to change things up, split up Ese'ese and Knight. I suppose the question mark is Moy. I really liked him last year, but for all the talk in pre season he has struggled. I think the main issue at the minute is confidence. Last year he seemed to play with no fear. This year he has made a few errors and now he seems to have gone into his shell a bit, but I don't think playing a few minutes here and there is helping. Give him the start, if he plays well thats fantastic, if he struggles then it's probably time for a spell in the reserves or on loan to get that confidence back. At least Cust on the bench allows us to change it if it's really not working.
