Forever and a day the joke was that wingers were guys that hang around footballers but we have seen wing become such an important position over the years in terms of gaining metres, and finishing trys.
My question now is, has centre become the poor mans NRL position?
Seems more and more that edge backrowers like Fifita, Crichton etc and wingers like To'o, Addo Carr and Sivo are overshadowing the player in between.
Look at Origin, two fullbacks and edge backrower filling the centre spots.
The games best centre in Manu would be playing fullback at most other clubs whilst the best emerging centre in Staggs will be playing 5/8 next year.
At Manly we have two players doing a fine job.....but we are just asking them to do a job.
So are the days of Lyon, O'Connor, Renouf, Gasnier etc gone?
Are centres just guys who hang around footballers?
My question now is, has centre become the poor mans NRL position?
Seems more and more that edge backrowers like Fifita, Crichton etc and wingers like To'o, Addo Carr and Sivo are overshadowing the player in between.
Look at Origin, two fullbacks and edge backrower filling the centre spots.
The games best centre in Manu would be playing fullback at most other clubs whilst the best emerging centre in Staggs will be playing 5/8 next year.
At Manly we have two players doing a fine job.....but we are just asking them to do a job.
So are the days of Lyon, O'Connor, Renouf, Gasnier etc gone?
Are centres just guys who hang around footballers?