You can be small and be safe under the high ball you know, give the lad chance.

Hey, you don't need to convince me. It's the likes of Saddened and co. who throw hissy fits each time Swift, Dawson et al. drop a howler.

That said, I'd still think about shifting him from full-back. Not because he's likely to drop one high ball in two. I just think we are desperately short of pace and/or acceleration in the halves.

Preccy did OK, he was about an inch taller than Quinlan, my concern would be tackling a big winger like Ryan Hall.

Hall doesn't really leave his wing unless he's taking a drive out from his own 20m. Hopefully our defensive line would be doing their job and not letting him run at Quinland when he's at fullback.

With regard to his handling skills and hi willingness to back up, I should think that KC will soon knock that out of him. Saints thrive on the drive. If that fails then our complete lack of skill is exposed.

Didn't affect McDonnell. He backed up more times than a DAT drive.

Full backs very rarely contest a high ball anyway.

Yeah, but there's a difference between not contesting a ball kicked toward the wings and not contesting one down your throat. There have been times this season when the likes of Matt Bowen couldn't have missed it by a wider margin if they'd run the opposite way.