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| Personally, I see his future lying in the back-row. I don't have an issues with him playing in the centres but I just think his attributes point to the back-row. Defensively we know how solid he is but I don't think he quite has the footwork or the ball handling capalbilities to play in the role long term. One thing we know with Jones is that he won't let anyone down wherever he plays: he makes metres, solid defensively, decent pace and footwork at the line (for a back-rower), and he knows how to run an angle.
At the end of the day, we have competition for places which is exactly what you want from a squad point of view. What I will say is that I would be inclined to keep the 3/4 together if we can, but we'll see how it goes. I know from experience what a difference that makes.
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| I think we certainly have cover in all positions.
I'd say there is competition for places apart from 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9.
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| I agree that he'll probably cover centre for a year while Percival grows up (or we find someone else should he not develop) and then move to the back row.
I think he's underrated by some on here though - he was second only to Lomax in [icleans breaks[/i last year, which is no mean feat.
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| He could very well make the centre spot his own.
Looked very good at centre.
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| I think it is easy to forget that he is still a baby in player age terms because he is so physically strong. He is about 8 years off his peak. As long as he gets plenty of gametime I'm not concerned where he plays, we have years to findhis position.
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| I think he'll get game time at both but i think Wheeler will be first choice in centre ...............for a game or so.
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