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Yeah steve is a referee but phil usued to play for west, when we where in the allied dunbar premiership.

So is Phil Harvey the ex-West scrum half the Rovers new coach or is it all a wind up?

Wait and see ... not for us to announce it!

WPA I think your still gettinh Harvey and Havery mixed up, but not 100% sure myself. Steve Havery was a scrum half, but I thought Phil Harvey was a winger. Sure one of the West mob can confirm or deny.

Both were scrum halves

i agree... as the creator of this very popular thread i would appriciate any thought and opinions of the team selection for west 4 next season. or just continue the craic ha ha!

I have asked similar questions and got nowhere but I presume it will be something like the one which finsihed last season:
Cullinane, Sawyer, Robinson, Davies Rudd, Boatman, Tones, Boatman, Tighe, Moss, Weegram, Hodgson, Edwards, Lambert or Todd, Mashedar.

I think Sawyer is wasted in the front row.

I am sure Slob likes to play in the back row but the team needs him to play in the front row and he does a great job sfor his club

I don't even think he's that good in there, it just mutes his ability to be a nuisance around the park a bit, still we at Rovers have done the same by putting a decent back row player in there and he's survived and acquitted himself reasonably well.

Perhaps Front Rows are not what they used to be.

Still if West want to waste his talents fine by me.

would sch be scott chapman dave and if so why dieniey him internet accses ?:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Nobody knows who SCH is.

Thats why it's so funny.

DP has a theory that he is only able to access the internet at a schools because he only seems to post during lunchtimes and during school term.

Personally I think he's wrong and SCH is just playing along but maybe I was reading too much into it.

How about ...
Todd
Lambert
Edwards
Hodgson
Weegram
Wallis
Tighe
Carr
Cullinane
Robinson
Rudd
Davies
J Boatman
Tones
Sawyer

Norris looked a good addition to your First Team squad and is worth playing or being on the bench

How do Saggy.
So no Mossy in the starting line?
I think he should be in before Wallis.

It's a very tough call at 10, just like at 15 between Todd and Masshedar and at number 8 between sawyer and j boatman.

I don't think you could get a cigarette paper between Moss and Wallis, but I think Walla's longer boot might just nick it.

I think Sawyer's most effective position is number eight but would keep j boatman and then it's a hard call between tones (who gets through loads of the nitty gritty) and dan boatman (good with ball in hand and an option in the line-out)

Stubbs, Burgon, Stabler will have a good idea of what they want their XV to be but there are areas of strong competition, probably more than the three I've suggested

i think they should both be in the starting line up. Mossy is a great 12 and hasn't had a chance to show that at first team level. He takes some great lines in training and he is a more able goal kicker. Whether or not they both play together (moss and wallis) is a differrent story. both can play 10 or 12 from what i understand. the 10 shirt always brings up a great debate.

the back line could be the following

15. Todd
14. Lambert
13. Hodgson
12. Moss
11. Weegram
10. Wallis
9. Tighe

or

15 Mashedar
14 Todd
13 Edwards
12 hodgson
11 lambert
10 moss/wallis
9. tighe

there are countless possibilities depending on injury and form in pre season games.

Gav Robinson is looking strong as well so I reckon three lads will be fighting for the 10 shirt.

My team for first game and to get us to 99!

Mashedar
Lambert
Edwards
Hodgson
Weegram
Moss
Tighe
Cullinane
Sawyer
Davies
Rudd
D Boatman
Myers
J Boatman

Subs: Norris, Tones, Todd.