Question:
Who is our best starting 6 forwards?
Option 1: *** currently vacant
votes: 0
Option 2: *****Backline group*****2 - Lachie Cowan
votes: 0
Option 3: 3 - Jesse Motlop
votes: 2
Option 4: 4 - Oliver Hollands
votes: 0
Option 5: *****Midfield group*****5 - Adam Cerra
votes: 0
Option 6: 6 - Zac Williams
votes: 4
Option 7: 7 - Jagga Smith
votes: 0
Option 8: 8 - Lachie Fogarty
votes: 0
Option 9: *****Midfield group*****9 - Patrick Cripps
votes: 0
Option 10: 10 - Harry McKay
votes: 7
Option 11: 11 - Mitch McGovern
votes: 0
Option 12: 12 - Ben Ainsworth
votes: 6
Option 13: 13 - Blake Acres
votes: 0
Option 14: 14 - Ollie Florent
votes: 0
Option 15: 15 - Billy Wilson
votes: 0
Option 16: 16 - Ben Camporeale
votes: 0
Option 17: 17 - Brodie Kemp
votes: 5
Option 18: *****Midfield group*****18 - Sam Walsh
votes: 0
Option 19: 19 - Will Hayward
votes: 7
Option 20: ***20 - Elijah Hollands - currently not on our list
votes: 0
Option 21: 21 - Lucas Camporeale
votes: 0
Option 22: 22 - Harry O'Farrell
votes: 0
Option 23: *****Backline group*****23 - Jacob Weitering
votes: 0
Option 24: *****Backline group*****24 - Nick Newman
votes: 0
Option 25: 25 - Liam Reidy
votes: 0
Option 26: *****Backline group*****26 - Nick Haynes
votes: 0
Option 27: *****Midfield group*****27 - Marc Pittonet
votes: 0
Option 28: 28 - Harry Charleson
votes: 0
Option 29: *****Midfield group*****29 - George Hewitt
votes: 0
Option 30: 30 - Jack Ison
votes: 0
Option 31: 31 - Campbell Chesser
votes: 0
Option 32: 32 - Matthew Carroll
votes: 0
Option 33: 33 - Lewis Young
votes: 0
Option 34: 34 - Rob Monahan
votes: 0
Option 35: 35 - Harry Dean
votes: 0
Option 36: 36 - Cooper Lord
votes: 0
Option 37: 37 - Jordan Boyd
votes: 0
Option 38: ***38 - Will White - currently not on our list
votes: 0
Option 39: 39 - Talor Byrne
votes: 0
Option 40: 40 - Hudson O'Keeffe
votes: 3
Option 41: 41 - Matt Duffy
votes: 0
Option 42: *****Backline group*****42 - Adam Saad
votes: 0
Option 43: 43 - Ashton Moir
votes: 4
Option 44: 44 - Francis Evans
votes: 4
Option 45: 45 - Flynn Young
votes: 0
Option 46: 46 - Matt Cottrell
votes: 0
OK, so part 1+2 have given us a result, so time to move onto 3.
Assume EVERYONE is fit.
Pick 6 forwards, in position.
Ignore players who have already been picked midfield/backline
Current team has a hole in each group, which we will get back to later, but looks something like this....
FB - Cowan - Weitering - Newman
HB - Saad - Haynes - xxxxxxx
C - Walsh - Cripps - xxxxxxx
R - Pittonet - Cerra - Hewett
Have at it.
It's kind of predictable what our finished team will look like.
People will go for what they're familiar with.
Hayward will probably be an inclusion most will agree on, but other recruits will struggle to get a jumper.
And fully fit with no injuries...it won't be a bad side.
There may be a sprinkling of newbies on the bench.
Our problems over the last few years have always been about fielding our best side.
It just hasn't been possible.
The only way it can realistically be achieved, without huge luck, is on paper (or screen)
But I suspect that what we finish with when this exercise is done will be very different to the side that actually takes the field against Sydney.
I expect all of Dean, Hayward, Ainsworth and Florent to be in the 23.
As well as Jagga Smith.