PAUL M wrote:Welham?
Could turn out to be a solid and reliable centre but I would not go that far.
There are a few decent youngsters coming through, but in recent years being solid and reliable would put you among the best (of British, at least) SL centres, I'm afraid.
I think sometimes people bang on about defence as they feel they are more rounded, sophisticated students of the game than those who get excited about players who 'only' score tries. Defence is obviously important, but given that the two Hull clubs were the lowest scorers in SL last year I think that maybe we should be a bit more ready to forgive the odd lapse if a player offers something extra in attack.
Regarding Welham, IMO he should be signed-up for 3 or 4 years ASAP.