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John Hipwell (52)
Hooper isn't the on form openside flanker. Not anymore and he's my hero. Samu is the eternal bench's man. Gleeson can't play 80 minutes. Frost hasn't been a regular starter and with Skelton and Arnold now on the squad let's see which one is his spot.The side we ran out on Saturday was not full strength and was weakened considerably once Ikitau had his scapula broken in the action of scoring a try by an illegal no arms tackle. These were the front line players not in the 23:
Tupou
Frost
M Hooper
Gleeson
Samu
Petaia
Kellaway
Ikitau for 70 minutes of it
Hodge and/or Foketi were potentially also both left out to allow for the 6:2 bench which went pear shaped once Ikitau went off
Add those players into our squad and it is 20 points stronger
The only 2 starters are Tupou and Kellaway. Ikitau was named, played the game and even scored a try, period.