Braid has been named to be part of the BC Bears lineup this weekend for what that means....and Trainor still isn't ready....Kleeberger has finally gotten back on the field recently as has Scholz.
Agree with everyone on Pritch...also like to add his vice captaincy duties and he's very well liked by the team. I think going forward it's entirely possible his role will shift slightly, especially with the enlarged bench it's entirely possible Pritch becomes an hour long player or maybe a tactical sub for close games.
Was Phelan who you were thinking of Canadafan?
I would pick a lineup extremely similar to what CDN_Rugby has...
1) Marshall (Don't do anything dumb please)
2) Barkwill (Get's better each time out, like his 40-55 minute games with Hamilton than coming on)
3) Tieddemann (God we will miss Buydens)
4) Cudmore (Woohoo!!!)
5) Hotson (Played well in June)
6) Ardron
7) Sinclair
8) Carpenter (c) (Love that backrow)
9) Mack (or White, I don't really care both played very well in June)
10) Braid (If Trainor was healthy I'd be willing to give Evans a shot here and have Braid on the bench)
11) Evans (There are inordinate possible combinations for 11-15)
12) Mackenzie (Like his defence slightly over Evans)
13) Van De Merwe (Glad he's back)
14) Hassler (See above)
15) Pritchard (Goal kicking, goal kicking....and some more goal kicking....in a two game total points series you can't leave points on the board, a big step up from the Eagles kickers on most days)
16) Hamilton (see Barkwill)
17) Wooldridge (Hopefully only needed for twenty minutes)
18) Dolezel (Hopefully only needed for ten minutes)
19) Beukeboom(Or Phelan....think Beuks is tad better though)
20) Dala (Kleebs maybe, especially in 2nd game. Or Moonlight perhaps. depth oozing out of the side here)
21) White (Like both our scrummies)
22) Hearn (Good old Vanilla Hearn, jack of all trades...master of none....still worth for his utility)
23) Paris (Can create a late spark, defensive and decision making weaknesses lessened on the bench)
Interesting article by former TRF member Melhor Time(Paul Tait) on the possibilites of Carpenter moving to Hooker, I don't hate the idea entirely(though I think Barkwill/Hamilton has become a decent combo) but I would certainly wait till November to start playing around with things....
http://rugbyworldcup-argentina2023.blogspot.ca/2013/08/aaron-carpenter-hooker-bound.html
The correct rank has been edited in.
