DSM5, Matai has played what, 20 games. He is a rookie,and bloody raw at that. The coach should be ironing out any deficencies in regards to keeping him in the line, which needs to be done. He can tackle, just ask some of the forwards he has planted this season, Carroll being the last example. Off loading him now would be a massive mistake for our club. For a young bloke coming through, he has done some bloody good things for us, you can visibly see him putting in every week which is more than can be said for the others, and as a relative rookie, you still get the bad, rookie mistakes from him, which you get from every player. Give him some good coaching, the right game plan, and he will be a damn good player with time
Gotsy, i like Matai too, but moving lyon to keep him in the centres is ludicris. He would make a good winger, and if anyone moved to the 2nd row, then it would be Matai, he has the raw skills required to do it
Bottom line is, if Burns is your 6, Lyon and Bell are your centres