I was giving them the benefit of the doubt



I'd move Wellens to out of the team, wasn't he abysmal at centre under Anderson (maybe Potter?) a few years back

I would not move anybody to accommodate him.I would drop him and hope he as words with his agent asking him to find a way out.

Didn't Wello originally start in the halfs.

I would be tempted to stick him in at 13, can tackle has some ball playing about him wont need pace.

In the end it would take a coach who was willing to tinker, Milward did not mind playing players out of position and Brown may well do that, but the current 2 are far from tinkerers, stability is the order of the day for KC and Rush.

Seem to remeber that in pre season, Hohaia was the fastest player in the squad. Over the course of the season, i havent personally seen his speed over any distance, have seen him dancing around the middle of the park, but never in the open. Radical idea, why not play our fastest player on the wing? He is defensively sound, played at full back so is reasonable under the high ball, and has good hands. He would never have been signed as a winger, but why not give him a go? After all, he is about about as much use as a chocolate frog in the halves, has no chanve of playing 9, and looks to be down the pesking order for the fb berth.

If there is one major criticism I'd level at Hohaia it is his reticence to follow the ball carrier. Taking the ball on the shoulder of any ball player - with his pace - should automatically result in either a big break or a try.

And you'd think being a fullback he'd know that too ...