Quote: stillinthepast "
These figures show why I have been saying for so long that it isn't fair to throw a young lad into first team rugby in a strange position without giving him the chance to establish himself in the position that he as played from being a young boy.'"
It does seem that most people rate Hampshire at Stand Off and maybe Wane's legendary cussedness is at play here. But I would reckon that Deacon, Harris before him and the junior coaches would have had some input into the decision to play him at full back.
At Hull KR I thought he did ok and deserved another shot last week. Of course it is difficult to drop your 'marquee player (haha)' and senior pro when he is fit to play. But that decision will need to be made soon I would have thought.
I don't think it is actually that rare to change a youngsters position at all. You have to play where the vacancy is after all. If you limit yourself to just playing your 'natural' position then you may never get a chance.
We don't know what is going on behind the scenes here regarding contract extensions etc. and of course we are not party to what goes on at training day in and day out. I would trust Wane to know his job a lot better than I do, so if he thinks he's a full back...then he's a full back!