Quote: paulwalker71 "I've been thinking about this over the past couple of days
Everyone keeps going on about 'Addy isn't a half back, he's a back rower', but he plays far more in the halves than anywhere else. I don't have stats to back this up, but I'm guessing he must have played at least 80% of the time in the halves over the past couple of seasons. It's not just this season!
Is it now time to 'go with the flow' as it were? Use this coming close season to get him onto a diet regime that sheds a good few pounds, so he's slimmed down? Maybe work on his speed, rather than concentrating on strength as a back rower would? And just accept that he's now, to all intents and purposes, a fully fledged half back - and push him into that role permanently.
It's obvious that Lowes really likes him in the halves - so why not just 'go for it'?'"
I've been thinking exactly the same thing recently.
I'd say yes, because it's already happening for the rest of this year IMO - he won't be budged from half back.
I fully agree that it should be done properly with the methods you mention. And tbh Pitts shouldn't be moved from loose forward where his defence outperforms Addy's anyway.
He could be that steady organising half back like Sinfield, Ridyard or Campese.
I would be satisfied going into next season with Addy, Brook, Gaskell and Mullaney as half options.