Quote: the flying biscuit "Im a bit baffled as to why you Continue to bang on about the pack being the cause of everything bad about wire last year.
Yes the pack weren't fabulous our interchanges often performed well below expectations, but how that affects wingers being woeful in defence, centres being unable to do the basics like catch draw and pass, or our halfbacks being unable to create tries after three repeat sets on the opposition line..?
It was a general poor effort from all players and those players of limited ability were highlighted and for me Hughes was one of those. he's as ordinary as ordinary can be .....What's his particular skill
Currie has pace
Westwood has mongrel and desire for hard work
Westerman was a decent ball player
Julien had effort enthusiasm and an occasional big hit.
Jack Hughes just played every game (or it felt like it at least).....!!!!
He even played Centre. ..was very ordinary against lower league opposition and still got praised by the coach...
He should find himself on the edges of our team not a central figure.'"
I have to agree TFB Hughes looked solid/dependable when he first arrived and his form, maybe a confidence thing, declined to the point last year where he should have been unplayable and not in a good way. I don't think he was outstanding in defence and he ran some awful lines in attack predictable stuttering the cut inside and for me was part of Brown's problem, more cause than effect.
A clean slate for all next year, but, out of the two if one has to go then I'd have kept Jullien he has potential and I think that Hughes' first season was as good as it gets.