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My early pre-season XV for 2025 (I'm bored at work): 1. Hodgman 2. Faesslar 3. Nonggorr 4. Smith 5. Salakai-Loto 6. Wright (cc) 7. McReight 8. Wilson 9. McDermott (cc) 10. Lynagh 11. Daugunu 12. Paisami/Henry (I prefer Henry but Paisami has the runs on the board so a toss up between the two)...

That's a very dangerous backline. If we can get ascendancy in the forwards we should be in with a shot here but our backs, especially Ikitau and Sua'ali'i, are going to have their hands full containing the Scottish backs.

Assuming Wilson, Gordon and Tupou are back in: 1. Bell 2. Faesslar 3. Tupou 4. Frost 5. Skelton 6. Valetini 7. McReight 8. Wilson (c) 9. Gordon 10. Lolesio 11. Jorgensen 12. Ikitau 13. Sua'ali'i 14. Kellaway 15. Wright 16. Paenga-Amosa 17. Kailea (give Slipper a rest) 18. Ala'alatoa 19...

He seemed a bit ginger when he came off against England. Could also just be load management and the opportunity to get some gametime for Skelton. TBH, as good as Williams is if I had to select a lock out of him and Frost to partner Skelton it would be Frost, purely for his lineout ability.

Didn't realise Townsville was thought of as a foreign city, but then again who tf knows what goes on that far north.

Good thing about having Sua'ali'i on the bench is that if Kerevi is bombing it we can drag him and revert to the centre combo from the England match. Not a bad backup option to have.

So based on that: 1. Bell 2. Faesslar 3. Ala'alatoa (c) 4. Frost 5. Skelton 6. Valetini 7. McReight 8. Uru 9. Gordon 10. Lolesio 11. Jorgensen 12. Kerevi 13. Ikitau 14. Kellaway 15. Wright 16. Paenga-Amosa 17. Slipper/Kailea 18. Tupou/Nonggorr 19. Salakai-Loto 20. Gleeson 21. McDermott 22...

Wouldn't sleep on Ben Grant, he had some really good involvements for the Canes when he got on the field this year. Wouldn't surprise me if he ends up as first choice alongside Amatasero by the end of 2025.

First XV for me: 1. Hodgman 2. Faesslar 3. Nonggorr 4. Smith 5. Salakai-Loto 6. Wright (cc) 7. McReight 8. Wilson 9. McDermott (cc) 10. Lynagh 11. Daugunu 12. Paisami/Henry 13. Flook 14. Ryan 15. Campbell 16. Nasser 17. Gibbon 18. Toomaga-Allen 19. Canham 20. Uru 21. Werchon 22...

For me: 1. Bell 2. Faesslar 3. Tupou 4. Frost 5. Skelton 6. Williams 7. McReight 8. Valetini 9. Gordon 10. Lolesio 11. Jorgensen (assuming Pietsch is missing) 12. Ikitau 13. Sua'ali'i 14. Kellaway 15. Wright 16. Paenga-Amosa 17. Kailea 18. Ala'alatoa 19. Salakai-Loto 20. Gleeson 21. McDermott...

Fuck it, balls to the wall. Schmidt it in. My team: 1. Bell 2. Faesslar 3. Tupou 4. Frost 5. Salakai-Loto 6. Valetini 7. McReight 8. Wilson (c) 9. Gordon 10. Lolesio 11. Pietsch 12. Sua'ali'i* 13. Ikitau 14. Kellaway 15. Wright 16. Paenga-Amosa 17. Kailea 18. Ala'alatoa 19. Skelton 20...

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Future long-term 15 IMO once Campbell eventually moves on. Great depth signing and hopefully they can hold onto him for a while.

As good as Wilson has been, I still maintain that our best starting backrow is Liam Wright, McReight and Valetini. I like the idea of Wilson coming off the bench against tired bodies and I could see a situation where Liam Wright starts as captain before being replaced early in the second half by...

Pretty bang on what I have. Slipper clearly needs a rest and I think it's time to see what R Lonergan can do. L Lonergan seems to have put on some size so bringing him back in as 3rd string hooker makes sense. If Daugunu is finally fit then I'd be bringing him straight in on the wing. My team...

I don't hate the idea of Edmed coming off the bench if he can carry some of his attacking skill from NPC over to international. I'd still be starting Lolesio though for the purposes of cohesion. Ideally my backline for the end of year tour would be: 9. McDermott 10. Lolesio 11...

Could Beauden potentially break Whitelock's record by the end of his career? I didn't realise he was already on 130 caps.

My team for this week: 1. Bell 2. Faesslar 3. Tupou 4. Salakai-Loto 5. Williams 6. Valetini 7. McReight 8. Wilson 9. McDermott 10. Lolesio 11. Pietsch 12. Paisami 13. Ikitau 14. Kellaway 15. Wright 16. Paenga-Amosa 17. Kailea 18. Ala'alatoa 19. Frost 20. Gleeson 21. Gordon 22. Donaldson 22...

I know this is a bit of a broken record, but if he is fit and in form then Kerevi needs to be in the conversation for the Lions tour. We play best when our 10's have a crash ball foil at 12, and none of the current super rugby 12's fit that description. Considering the Lions will likely run out...

This is gonna hurt so so so much, but I'll still let myself get hurt again. Fuck it: 1. Bell 2. Faesslar 3. Tupou 4. Frost 5. Salakai-Loto 6. L Wright (plz be fit) 7. McReight (see above) 8. Valetini 9. Gordon 10. Lolesio 11. ANYONE (but probably Pietsch or Toole) 12. Stewart 13. Ikitau 14. T...