Quote: Shabino "Ok. He can’t create for anyone else or pass, yet you want to play him In the halves? That makes a-lot of sense!'"
Pace. It scares people, makes them do things they wouldn't normally do. He doesn't have to be Tommy Martyn or Lee Briers to create chances. If he's running around the middles and back rowers, they're going to compress and create space. People are also going to panic and shoot out of the line. He's also going to be there to backup any breaks or offloads. Their forwards like Mago are absolute puddings in terms of making metres, but they can get their arms free for an offload.
Wigan would be mad to not at least try one of Field or French in the halves. If they put Shorrocks/O'Neill to 9 and Smith into the halves to cover for Leuleuai and Powell they're massively missing a trick. They're debating this themselves on the Wigan forum right now.