Ruddy Duck wrote:
"and he desn't do much else apart from finish try's off"
Wow, I was under the impression that's what Wingers were expected to do.
As for pace, neither did Billy in his later years, but still finished tries.
The big mistake was letting Tom Davies leave as his forrm for Catalan and section for England has proved.
Problem is with 4 1st choice wingers, and no guarantee of 1st team rugby, Tom did the best thing for his career and moved on, as he was in reality probably 4th (at best 3rd) choice at that point in time. Whilst, there is nothing wrong with that (being 4th choice), with Burgess, Manfredi and poss marshall in front of you, if you believe you are good enough, at times the only option is a move elsewhere. The downside from our perpsective is that both Manfredi and Burgess never really got back to where they should have been, and Tom's chance would have come much quicker if he had stayed? From what i saw, he did it professionally and didnt throw his toys out of the pram, so fair play to the lad, and good luck to him at Catalan