bigsiro
Well-known member
Agree Melbourne’s is clearly the best.Not even close to the Storm spine. Outside of them, all the quality spines have at best 3 out 4 guns. I'd have Broncos next and Manly, Panthers, cowboys, roosters (if they weren't injured) all above us. As much as our spine has the potential to leap frog many of those I currently rate as better they are yet to prove it and aren't currently any better than most of the competition, a couple of obviously weak spines aside.
Nowadays most teams (not all) structure their attack so the 13 should be considered a part of the spine as well. This is where, in my opinion, we are still well behind. We have neither the ball playing at 13 to get our forwards 1 on 1 into contact nor the dominant forwards to play a power game with a work horse 13 cleaning up thr ruck in defence.
Brisbane’s very strong.
Panthers is solid, like Roosters - as you say if fit.
Our 9 and 7 are top tier. Our 6 is the brightest prospect in the league.
If Bula hits his stride in 2025 then IMO we have a top three spine.