@dan1 Luke Thompson is shown as 6ft and 15 stone in Betfred SL site. The point that I am making is that the prop position these days is not necessarily a "specialist" position. It just requires a big bloke not afraid to run at a brick wall at full speed for 20 minutes in a game!! An ability to tackle and make the occasional offload is a bonus.

I think fitness plays a lot in the SL game and that is really the difference between an average and a decent player.

Maybe we should be looking at a link with Papua New Guinea again or Australian lower league.

You tend to find the Outside Backs take the first 3-4 drives in. The Props/Middles don't take it in as often as you think, anymore.

Paulie xx

@pauliewalnuts Outside backs take the first 2 from the play the ball when on or close to the line as the extra speed gets them clear. Can't recall a team using outside backs to take in 3 or 4 drives for more than a couple of sets a game. 

On a side note, at 6 foot tall absolutely no way Luke Thompson with the build of him is 15 stone. 16.5 stone minimum. 

Big forwards, fast backs and creative half backs with a kicking game. Its a simple game on paper. At the moment we are definitely lacking size/numbers up front. But early days recruitment wise, we do have time to get 3/4 players in.