The three concerns i have about Robinson playing hooker are is his passing fast enough? his is defence good enough? Because with Robinson at hooker all the forwards are going to be targeting him. And his he fit enough? he's going to have a hell of alot more work to do in both defence and and attack at hooker.
Your creative types tend not to be the best defenders. It will be about how we spread ours out across our defensive line and who we have next to them etc coupled with how many we have on the pitch at once.
If London is Athens, Yorkshire is Sparta, a tougher community and proud of it.
brearley84 wrote:robinson has a very good defence, im afraid im not looking forward to seeing drew getting constantly trampled over and missing tackles next season
Drew may defend outside Fa'alogo...problem minimised.
When i said is Robinsons defence good enough i didn't just mean tackling i meant will we lose alot of rucks because he's going to have to tackle around the legs because against the better teams you can't afford to just have one marker. Also i hope we haven't just signed Kyle Wood because his father in law is Pete Riding.
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I know Scott Grix really well and have watched him with interest throughout his SL career. He is not better than the lads you have at half back now and IMHO his best position is at fullback! Not gonna get in at fullback though so I think he will be a bit part player next year, hope I'm wrong!
saint joe wrote:When i said is Robinsons defence good enough i didn't just mean tackling i meant will we lose alot of rucks because he's going to have to tackle around the legs because against the better teams you can't afford to just have one marker. Also i hope we haven't just signed Kyle Wood because his father in law is Pete Riding.
I cannot see Nathan and Baloo (or the club) signing a player for that reason.
Surely you have other half back options outside these guys who have come from us. Grix saw his opportunities as a half back increase at the back end of last season and, his handling inparticular, was found to be significantly wanting. Drew had outsdanding contributions this season and I have no reason to believe he will significantly deteriorate and Wood is an unknown quantity at super league level.
Are Robinson and Brown the only other options? If so I think the quality of your recruitment in other postions is significantly higher than your recruitment at half back. Hope grix proves me wrong as he endeared himself to many Trin fans with his 100% effort and high 'nice chap' quotiant.
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