PAUL M wrote:Webb was a star long before he came to Leeds. Take away his back problem and he would not be far behind Slater.
Briscoe is a good fullback but not in the same class as Webb, Greenshields or Hodgson.
Greenshields and Hodgson I'll give you and Webb of a few years ago.
Webb's defensive liabilities are what's covered up most by the other players at Leeds, he doesn't organise well and is always liable to get himself into serious trouble in a one on one. Luckily due to their excellent defense this doesn't happen that often.
Depends what you want from a full back I suppose, with the creativity we've got in the halves, second row with Galea, at loose with Murrell and occasionaly at hooker with Fitzhenry (last season) I often thought we had too many cooks, (leave it!) in that scenario, a defensive solid full back is what I'd take as we had a noticable problem being broken in defence between second row and centre all season.
We're a long way from the sort of Champagne rugby that Leeds produce where you can afford the luxury of Webb.