The Stone Paving 21-man squad in full is as follows:
- Jack Owens – proudly sponsored by Teeling Management
- Ollie Brookes – proudly sponsored by Hopewiser
- Jake Spedding – proudly sponsored by Comfort & Style Beds
- Ryan Ince – proudly sponsored by Teeling Management
- Danny Craven – proudly sponsored by OM Contractors
- Matty Smith – proudly sponsored by Landscape World
- Owen Farnworth – proudly sponsored by MTC Couriers
- Matty Fozard – proudly sponsored by Emris Services
- Sam Wilde – proudly sponsored by Skin Deep Aesthetics & Topaz Beauty and Holistics
- Adam Lawton – proudly sponsored by Electrod
- Kenny Baker – proudly sponsored by West End Motors
- Joe Lyons – proudly sponsored by Alan Rae
- Aaron Brown – proudly sponsored by Harold Prescott & Sons
- Tyler Dupree – proudly sponsored by West End Motors
- Liam Bent – proudly sponsored by Arnold Gorse Financial Management
- Matt Fleming – proudly sponsored by Lena Hough – In Memory of Len Beesley
- Olly Davies – proudly sponsored by Glyn Prescott
- Lloyd Roby – proudly sponsored by Anthony’s Travel
- Joe Edge – proudly sponsored by Teeling Management
- Will Tilleke – proudly sponsored by LB Brickwork
- Eribe Doro – on loan from
Quite a good squad there and my prediction is a 30-6 win for us.
so no grady/tyrer/gregory/hulme/holroyd/nzoungou
Shame there isn't an out and out interchange hooker available but other than that a solid looking team available to us and hopefully able to start well.
Lyons to be the interchange/rotation option for hooker or do we think that we will run with 4 forwards on the bench and get Fozard to play 80 mins?
Probably have Lyons on the bench myself...
Dec Gregory injured and Hulme working? Well Lyons probably the best option as I don't think Fozzard an 80 mins hooker like a Roby.
Owens,Brooke’s,Fleming,spedding ?,ince
craven, smith
farnwoth,fozzard,baker
wilde,lawton
brown
subs
lyons,Dupree,tilleke bent
Have I missed something? Last year we named a 19 man squad so why 21 named for London? Has the rule changed or was it not a rule in the first place?
@ditton-donkey I am not particularly overjoyed by it but I think Doro will be in the team.
I think 4 forwards and smith covers hooker in spells
I think 4 forwards and smith covers hooker in spells
Who goes to scrum half then ?
@ditton-donkey - Lyons surely needs to be on the bench. As you suggest the above wouldn’t work with four forward subs.
Looking at the London squad, not sure what to expect from them given the changeover of players.
We need to start fast whoever is playing.
Wonder if with the signings in the back row we may see more of Lawton as an impact player?
@cj91 I think that makes sense. No matter how he improved attacking wise last season he is still a defensive liability because of his size with high tackles and quick stepping players. Bring him on when defences are tiring or we need a bit of momentum and I think it suits him to a T
If you look at the games against Batley last year, when we were tiring they brought on big forwards who helped open the floodgates for them, Lawton coming off the bench could do similar for us IMO.
If you look at the games against Batley last year, when we were tiring they brought on big forwards who helped open the floodgates for them, Lawton coming off the bench could do similar for us IMO.
10 mins before half time!!
One factor will be the pace of our game, if Fozzie plays like he did against Batley. Between Matty Smith and him we were much more varied than last year. This should give Craven more space rather than him being the obvious marked go-to man.
Our front row might be a bit young but their appetite to drive hard and fight for ground was a massive change tbh and could trouble defences this year.
However we play Lawton he is a major danger to oppositions and will attract attention because he demands it, one defender covering him isn't enough and teams know that. It's just how to use him to the best effect. It was noticeable that switching him from right side attack to left created problems for defences. Maybe a more free rein for him in attack could work.
Or maybe we are all over-thinking it!!!!!
Nice comments, still think doro should be number 18
look after our own first
Lyons should be on the bench, you cannot have 4 forwards on there
onwards and upwards