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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3002733, member: 1899"] The Cowboys side makes for interesting reading: [B]Cowboys: [/B]1. Jordan Kahu, 2. Kyle Feldt, [B]3. Justin O'Neill, 4. Ben Hampton,[/B] 5. Nene Macdonald, [B]6. Te Maire Martin[/B], 7. Michael Morgan, 8. Matt Scott, 9. Jake Granville, 10. Jordan McLean, [B]11. Jason Taumalolo[/B], 12. Coen Hess, [B]13. Josh McGuire.[/B] [I]Interchange:[/I] 14. John Asiata, [B]15. Gavin Cooper,[/B] [B]16. Mitch Dunn,[/B] 17. Scott Bolton,[B] 18. Tom Opacic, 19. Jake Clifford [/B] Of all their centre options, I thought Enari Tuala was their brightest prospect and would be given the first opportunity to impress. Clearly Green hasn't been impressed with his pre-season and has gone with other options. The Martin/Morgan combination shouldn't surprise me, especially since Green went to such lengths to avoid playing TMM at fullback that he signed a part-time player in Kahu. However, Clifford is the brightest halves prospect to emerge from the Cowboys since Morgan and would have thought after TMM's disappointing 2018 would have been in the frame. My take is that TMM allows Morgan to play a more technical role which is where he tends to excel. Taumalolo on an edge is the biggest shock. My take is that the Cowboys are using the trial as an experiment to see whether it's feasible that they can roll out their strongest five forwards and make it work. Having both Dunn and Cooper on the bench is surprising, but I believe it lends credibility to the Taumalolo selection being an experiment. Dunn will likely come in for Hess and allow Hess to play a more explosive role. I think Clifford will firm as the Cowboys 14 and play the relief dummy half role for Granville. [/QUOTE]

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