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
Gregory, tyrer, levy, Grady due to injury
hulme because of work
and Holroyd due to selection
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 ?
I would go with
owens
brookes
flemming
spedding
ince
craven
smith
farnworth
fozzard
doro
wilde
davies
baker
subs:
brown
lawton
dupree
tileke/lyons
i get the opinion of doro each to there own but for me I’d like to go as big as we can and ultimately I do feel on ability he is a better player than some of our forwards and it’s the first time in a long while we are in a position to make tough calls hope if he plays he proves me right
probably sensible to put Lyons on the bench for cover but we do also have the option of brown who’s played in the halfs pushing to there and smith dropping to 9 for a spell to spell fozzard
what ever the team I’m confident for a win Sunday with that group of players
@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.