Depends on the style you wish to play I suppose. It used to be that halves were getting pushed to fullback to be that extra pivot like you say. In the NRL it seems to have changed a bit recently where they’re trying to get their best athlete to play there. (Some of this is no doubt lead by players as fullbacks command more money than centres or wingers). It’s why there’s been talk of Crichton playing there for the bulldogs next year even tho he’s never a fullback for my money.

While I can see some sense in that argument for Newman, great athlete in space, the extra running might not exactly be good for someone as fragile as he has been so far. Different injuries but inglis moved back to the centres once he couldn’t keep up at fullback anymore, and injuries are well documented for the likes of Mitchell and Tom Trbojovic (spelling) in the fullback role.

Peter Smith now reporting Momirovski is off home to take up a coaching gig with the Chooks.

That to me means Conner and Sivo will n and that would be us done IMO

I guess that would be a good recruitment cycle, but I would still have liked a big bodied 2nd row to give us a big pack. I think collectively our current backrows are too small, but note either of yesterdays recruits can fill in at 2nd row too. A large out and out 2nd row would have complimented McDonnell / Gannon and Bentley.

I have concerns with Gannon because how is he going to avoid head collisions next year? Is he ruled out for the rest of the year as soon as he takes a bang to the head? I would love him to succeed but not sure how this will be possible.

If Sivo comes in as well, would there be much need for another prop/2nd row? Assuming the starting wingers are Handley and then Hall/Sivo rotation, you've got some big metres coming out of back play, hopefully taking the workload off the props (which are already looking a lot better). I wouldn't be complaining if they went and got another forward, mind.

Unless were looking at some UK based players?