Featherstone Rovers coach Duffy welcomes selection headache
BOSS JOHN Duffy is facing some welcome selection headaches ahead of Featherstone Rovers' Betfred Championship opener at home to Halifax on Sunday.
An 18-16 win over Leeds Rhinos completed Rovers’ unbeaten pre-season campaign and Duffy has been delighted with the depth of his squad.
He praised John Davies and Luke Cooper as “superb” throughout pre-season and said: “I thought our guys off the bench against Leeds were good as well.
“Gareth Hock got a run-out and was great. Our back-three were great and Tom Holmes was exceptional, he led from the front when Martyn Ridyard went off at half-time and was really creative and I thought Matty Wildie was good when he went on at half.
“We can always improve, but we are in a good place and we’re looking forward to the Halifax game.”
Some of the Leeds players from last week’s match are likely to be offered to Rovers on dual-registration and Duffy was impressed with what he saw of Rhinos’ youngsters.
“I thought the six [Jordan Lilley] was outstanding for them, he’s going to be a superstar I think,” Duffy said.
“They have got some talent across the board and I thought their younger kids really stood up and will be outstanding talents when they grow up a little bit.”