Mataiforever
Bencher
Every time Tom has been injured its been from running the ball back.
Why keep him running the ball back and risking his career? Running the ball back from the 10m line is a low value play that any bloke with a good running game and enough size can do effectively. No need to pay 1.1mn a year to let him sit on the sidelines after tearing a hammy running the ball back.
The solution: Tom ATTACKS in fullback, wears the '1' jersey (can still command 'fullback money') but Dylan DEFENDS at fullback, being back there for the 4th and 5th tackle and running the ball back and is clearly vocal enough to command the line.
This solution would be two fold - not just reducing tom's injury, but removing dylan from the front line as he has been suspect in defence at centre.
Lets hope Dessie sees this and does it. It was no wonder that Tom tore up at centre - he attacked as a second fullback... and the QLD Origin side is better than any other side Manly would be playing in the NRL Competition
Tom would be incentivised to do this as all of his rep duties for the next 5 years will be at centre (Teddy) so he can work on his defensive game as a centre whilst still chiming through up the middle in attack.
Why keep him running the ball back and risking his career? Running the ball back from the 10m line is a low value play that any bloke with a good running game and enough size can do effectively. No need to pay 1.1mn a year to let him sit on the sidelines after tearing a hammy running the ball back.
The solution: Tom ATTACKS in fullback, wears the '1' jersey (can still command 'fullback money') but Dylan DEFENDS at fullback, being back there for the 4th and 5th tackle and running the ball back and is clearly vocal enough to command the line.
This solution would be two fold - not just reducing tom's injury, but removing dylan from the front line as he has been suspect in defence at centre.
Lets hope Dessie sees this and does it. It was no wonder that Tom tore up at centre - he attacked as a second fullback... and the QLD Origin side is better than any other side Manly would be playing in the NRL Competition
Tom would be incentivised to do this as all of his rep duties for the next 5 years will be at centre (Teddy) so he can work on his defensive game as a centre whilst still chiming through up the middle in attack.