Quote: rubber duckie "We have just lost our fullback…it’s hardly rocket science to work that Powell doesn’t think Riley Dean is ready for regular SL. With that, it’s now the area we need filling with urgency. The Cooper and King deals were done in days, more probably hours and until that point of leaving, they are still wire players on a payroll.'"
You asked why he is in the squad. I responded implying that there are no other fit first team players. If he was being considered for selection, unless he wasn’t fit at the time, common sense would have been at Magic. Widdop was fit, Williams played. Ratchford and Matautia played. We had a back up for fullback on the wing and Currie and Nicholson are capable of centre cover. Yet he put Dean on the bench, and recalled him to do so. Unless there is some premonition that Widdop was to bust his shoulder, I can’t understand the logic of having a half on the bench with all of those options on the field. Another forward or a back up dummy half would have made sense.