Why do people see a development of a position as a negative thing. Big, heavy flat footed forwards of yester-year are done. The fast paced and technical game we have now chews them up and spits them out. Feka was one of the last to attempt at a decent level, and got picked apart by good hookers like Monaghan and Roby around the ruck. The game now hinges on split seconds.

Props can not be marked against props of years gone by, top level props at the moment have to have a skill set; a step, offload, decent short pass, and tackle technique rather than just knocking someone to the ground. The best forwards around at the moment are (other than the established Graham, Burgess etc) Remi Casty, Larne Patrick, Lee Mossop and Chris Hill. All have a lot of ablility and decent work rates.

Warrington quite often play with 3 props on the field at once, we use Harrison or Cooper at 13 and have 3 props crashing into the opponents mid field. Thats why Wire always seem to tire teams out mid second half.
So to say its a dying position is wrong as we have got rid of 13 and made this an extra prop.

I bet Shaun Wane doesn't think it's a dying position.
He's picked seven in the 25 man squad with only one, Ben Flower, who'd play front and back row.
As far as I can make out five of them are over 6'3" and are huge guys.
Six out and out props with only one, Lauaki, under 6'3" is some size and Hame isn't a small bloke.
Yes, I would think SW is expecting them to make an impact