Quote: Eric_Cartman_is_a_saint "Where has his support play gone? A few years ago you could guarantee he would be on the shoulder of every half break. Now a days he is no where to be seen!'"
To be fair, he was our second top try scorer last season.
However, I feel the initial poster is right and Wellens is no longer an ideal choice at full back.
It's very much a Phil Veivers type scenario. Veivers had been our best player for a number of years and was walking away with Player of the Year Awards. However, it got to a point when his ability to read the game and take the high ball was not really covering for his lack of pace like it used to. In the end, he ended up playing at centre, stand off, second row and loose forward and continued to do a bloody good job.
The game has changed a lot over the last three or four years and there is every need for pace at full back now rather than reliability. As it happens, we could do with some pace in the centres so I don't see what he would offer there either.
He has been a magnificent full back for us but he is only a good one now. Two years is too long for him to be our No.1 and, this year, we need to be looking at different options in the full back role and different positions for Wellens.