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Watson has shown good ball-playing ability with a few nice TA's at 5/8 and FB I thought.

Yep. Griffin is going to be there purely just to give Levi a 20 min breather.

He looked fat as for Samoa.

Still think either way the depth in outside backs is quite thin right now but very happy everywhere else.

When did I say that?

No one has said Watson is the next Brad Fitler etc either to be fair

You are making out like we want Lamb to fail or something. Fact is, Brown has stated that Watson will get first crack at 6. I wish him well like any Knights fan should. I will also be backing Lamb to put loads of pressure on him and I look forward to a healthy battle between them throughout the...

I wouldn't be against that. I honestly don't think Heighington lasts the year but I just see merit in him starting Round 1 given his experience. I don't think a guy like Fitsgibbon would be disheartened by it either because he's going to be first cab off the rank and have every opportunity to...

Griffin comes on to just give Levi a breather. Ideally, we wouldn't want to have him on for more than that. Barnett plays 60-65mins, Heighington on. Guerra and Buhrer play 80 on the edges. Props rotate as the norm.

8. D Saiffit 9. Levi 10. Ese'ese 11. Guerra 12. Buhrer 13. Barnett 14. Griffin 15. Heighington 16. Lillyman 17. J Saifiti 18. Fitsgibbon

Heighington has predominantly been a lock forward for most of his career so he's definitely most suited there (even though lock and prop are interchangeable nowadays). I like Buhrer on an edge and Guerra's game definitely went up a a gear this year for the Roosters when he moved away from lock...

I assume the above will be the prop rotation and Heighington will rotate with Barnett at lock. Guerra and Buhrer to play 80 mins in the second row.

You are selling Watson short here. He was a 20yo rookie. it was always going to be difficult for him to push a bigger name in Keary (who had a massive year) out of the 6. Lamb will get his chance at some stage - just not Round 1

Ese'ese relished the starting position for the Broncos. He was great there. Dan is best starting because he's our best prop. He can absorb pressure and cart it up so well with his big frame. He also has a high work rate. Ese'ese is an athletic type who can scatter defenders and can get us on...

I think he will, too. We haven't seen a lot of him at 6 yet but the few games he played there last year he was outstanding as well as his performances in the 9s.

Very well said :applause:

It as in an article around when he signed from what I remember

Nowadays if you're not a ball-player from the back you don't really make it in the NRL. Michael Gordon is just about the only ball-running fullback that's NRL quality and even then I think it's a big disadvantage. Dugan got found at fullback because he can't pass.

One reason Ese'ese signed with us was because he was told that he'd be starting apparently

That's really unnecessary. Stick to the debate not the man.