MadDogg wrote:
Who are you thinking of? I think there are some young props with some potential but no slam dunks atm for me - most have hurdles to overcome. Havard has been mentioned for a few years now but he'll need to overcome injuries and inconsistency , Oledski the same, Delaney possibly but maybe lacks a bit of size and isn't he more of a backrower?
I agree with you in that none scream out that they could be the next Graham, Sam Burgess etc but without those internationals against Australia and New Zealand, you do struggle to really see who has that bit of something extra in them. I think the issue we’ve had in the last decade is that our best props have gone to Oz and then where guys like Graham and Burgess had people like Peacock and Fielden to go against, the young props here haven’t had Graham, Burgess x3 and so on to test themselves against. Alex Walmsley has been the biggest challenge and I think guys here like Byrne and Havard have improved but it’s too few and far between challenges like that.
I like Havard, Byrne and Dupree here, as well as Harvie Hill (although he’s a couple of years behind). Lees and Delaney at Saints are two more. I’m a big fan of Holroyd at Leeds but injuries are impacting him and Oledzki is much the same. Walters might play at prop and he really looks like somebody who could thrive in international rugby. I just think until they get the chance, we won’t really know how good they could be. I think there is plenty of talent knocking about but not enough opportunity to push them.
