It's exactly right. So many times after a try I'd look for where he was and it wasn't where he should have been. Rather, ambling along 30cm behind the defensive line following a dribbled kick in goal try.
He is also too small and tries to stop someone by wrapping the ball up when a bit of technique tackling around the thighs would bring the big guys down before the line.
I'm not singling him out for any particular reason. It's just that I played fullback and was only about 10kgs bigger than him in those days - actually, I'm still about that size 20 years later; it's just in different parts of me! 🤣
Although he was special, my expectation for Laurie is to aim to become Hodgo 2.0.
I've said it before, but he is just not up to it.
Can anyone truly see him at the back in a finals line up? Let alone a top side of the comp. Imo he should fall into the category of one of the aforementioned "tough decisions" to be made.
