Quote: Wires71 "What raw deal did he get? He got to play in a GF and a Challenge Cup Final winners medal.'"
And was dropped to back up hooker, or completely, after that. He wasn’t the finished article, but without playing regularly it’s difficult to become that. It’s not dissimilar to Walker, he’s in for 10 minutes, then out for 4 games, then in for one, out for 4.
I’m all for “earning the shirt” but the odds are stacked against when the playing pattern is like that.
It’s systematic of the club over a long period of time, we don’t really trust home grown players in key positions. So the title of this thread is a self fulfilling prophecy.