Re: Full Back : Fri Dec 27, 2019 11:39 am  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

As Gildart is out injured, I can the logic of playing Hardacre at Centre and French at Full Back.

Especially, when we are not short of half backs like Hastings, Leuluai, Smith, Sharrocks and wingers like Bailey, Burgess, Manfredi, Marshall.

The question is, where do we play French when Gildart returns to Centre and Hardacre reverts to full back?

I think Hankinson would miss out then with Hardaker staying at centre (if it had worked up to then, anyway)

Re: Full Back : Fri Dec 27, 2019 11:51 am  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

As Gildart is out injured, I can the logic of playing Hardacre at Centre and French at Full Back.

Especially, when we are not short of half backs like Hastings, Leuluai, Smith, Sharrocks and wingers like Bailey, Burgess, Manfredi, Marshall.

The question is, where do we play French when Gildart returns to Centre and Hardacre reverts to full back?

French stays at Full back and we have a threequaters of Manfredi, Hardaker, Gildart and Burgess. Pace to burn with a bit of size mixed in. That would be the best threequaters line up in super league.

Re: Full Back : Fri Dec 27, 2019 1:16 pm  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

As Gildart is out injured, I can the logic of playing Hardacre at Centre and French at Full Back.

Especially, when we are not short of half backs like Hastings, Leuluai, Smith, Sharrocks and wingers like Bailey, Burgess, Manfredi, Marshall.

The question is, where do we play French when Gildart returns to Centre and Hardacre reverts to full back?

Hardaker
Manfredi
Gildart
Bibby/Hankinson
Burgess
French
Hastings

Tommy should be nowhere near a HB shirt in 2020. He isn’t good enough to play there and hasn’t been for a few seasons now.

Re: Full Back : Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:10 pm  

For me all that GB tour proved is Hardaker isn’t brilliant at centre,admittedLy against arguably stronger teams than in SL

Re: Full Back : Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:42 pm  

hengirl wrote:

For me all that GB tour proved is Hardaker isn’t brilliant at centre,admittedLy against arguably stronger teams than in SL

Tough to judge a great deal from that tour though in fairness. Looking at players performances on that tour you’d also say Widdop and Hastings are bang average, Thompson and Walmsley are two puddings and so on. It was a shambles of a trip and very few if any players came out with much credit.

Re: Full Back : Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:02 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Tough to judge a great deal from that tour though in fairness. Looking at players performances on that tour you’d also say Widdop and Hastings are bang average, Thompson and Walmsley are two puddings and so on. It was a shambles of a trip and very few if any players came out with much credit.

100% correct

Re: Full Back : Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:52 am  

Hardaker or French at full back are two excellent options. Whether Hardaker at centre will work is another matter but this is Lam's call.
He will get the credit if it works and take the criticism if it doesn't.

Re: Full Back : Mon Dec 30, 2019 8:25 am  

Father Ted wrote:

Hardaker or French at full back are two excellent options. Whether Hardaker at centre will work is another matter but this is Lam's call.
He will get the credit if it works and take the criticism if it doesn't.

Nothing new for Hardacre to play centre as prior to being signed by Leeds, most of his games playing for Featherstone Rovers were in that position with some at full back and on the wing.

Re: Full Back : Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:45 pm  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

Nothing new for Hardacre to play centre as prior to being signed by Leeds, most of his games playing for Featherstone Rovers were in that position with some at full back and on the wing.

Hardaker played a lot of centre at Leeds also. His entire first season was as a centre

Re: Full Back : Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:32 pm  

One challenge I think we’ll have if we move Hardaker to centre is getting him to enjoy it as much as fullback. I always get the sense he loves playing at fullback and has never seemed quite as up for it when I’ve seen him play at centre over his career. Hopefully the whole side will come out flying and if we can get guys like French, Hastings, Manfredi and Burgess playing their best rugby then the centres should have a field day.