Trinity18 wrote:I've said this in the past, apart from Fifita I don't think we really have any ball playing forwards. Huby usually offers a decent offloading game but England, Hirst, Arona and even Baldwinson (from what I've seen) all seem to be just a one trick pony where as in other sides you see forwards getting involved in the plays.
Not a bad thing I guess, they're in the side to make the metres and lay the fundamentals for the backs.
I don't think the game really has any ball playing forwards these days. Sure there are players who can 'offload' a pass but they are not ball players.
When I think of ball playing forwards I think of such as Bill Ashurst, Jim Fiddler, Harry Pinner, Mick Adams and the last great ball handling forward produced in the UK , Lee Crooks. The last one I've seen in a Wakefield shirt who could fall into the category is David Solomona. The game has changed and is now more based on power and strength.