We still lack one more genuine prop. Don't say Blair either, because he's a backrower who plays a pinch of prop.
We've got Galloway and Woods; they're awesome. They are two props that we should sign up for a long time as they compliment each other well, both are fairly young and provide good go forward with starch in defence.
Gibbs imo, is the perfect lock in modern rugby league. Playing a Gallen/Nate Myles role as a 3rd tight runner who makes substitutes a few runs to make a greater bulk of tackles and play more minutes. We could get 50+ minutes out of Gibbs and it'd give us that extra go forward which we need.
We've gotta get rid of Heighington from that role. He's small and quite frankly hopeless when playing up the middle. We've got to get him out wide where he can use his pace and footwork and make good use of it. The talk about heighington as a workhorse is rubbish as whilst he does make 20 runs a game, they're 6m runs and do nothing to the defence; they gobble him up with ease. Not only is he wasted in the middle, but he just not good there either. Playing him on the right would be much more effective.
8\. Woods
9\. Farah
10\. Galloway
11\. Ellis
12\. Heighno
13\. Gibbs
14\. Fulton (utility)
15\. Dwyer
You can pencil that in. Fulton is the ideal utility, he can cover anywhere from the centres-halves-backrow-hooker. Dwyer is an awesome fringe runner and impact back rower. He's wasted playing 80 minutes, shorter bursts would do him wonders where he can just worry about busting the line and offloading.
We've then got Fifita and BMM. They both strike me as backrow/prop tweeners. They'll be similar players in firsts. Fifita came onto the scene like a house on fire but has cooled down very quickly. Sheens has coached him into running back into the markers and making nearly no yardage, although he's become a very high defensive workrate player. If we had one more genuine prop (Douglas should've been a priority), then one of the two would take the final bench spot. I'm not sure who at this stage, but one more dominant prop would just complete our pack.
Fantastic post. Agree especially on Heighington and Gibbs.
Heighington should not be an 80 minute player, he's ineffective and one dimensional.
