well, his words aren't exactly harsh but the whole thing leaves a sourer taste in your mouth doesn't it.

a few years back and you'd see wane praising the guy week in week out for his top try scoring abilities (lets not forget with much better centres along his side).

for me, wane is technically correct in what he is saying but it should be done in private, I do not see why he feels the need to make this public in the way that he does. rather bizarre if you ask me. its almost a final warning before deciding if he is going to get shut or not.

if you ask me, it is the coach who should be worried, not josh. still the team is still in a good position and hopefully josh can do a good job against widnes to give us further selection headaches as ultimately that's all we want as fans and I'm sure wane wouldn't argue either.

I'd say RTS and Brett Morris are better than him (though both play fullback at club level), and I think Burgess will surpass him in the next two years...though again, he may be moved to fullback for the Roosters briefly, depending on whether Latrell Mitchell is ready at the start of next season - he only turned 18 a month ago, but is absolute class.

My opinion on the Origin thing is because Aussies seem to view the wing with less importance than we do. Once a player is used to playing first grade, and is a dangerous player, you don't get enough opportunities on the wing, whereas if you can move them to fullback, they'll be involved a lot more. It's not that QLD and NSW are having to pick players (truly) out of position because there's such a lack of good wingers, it's that most of the best wingers have been moved to more pivotal positions.

Yes, agree with all of that.

who would you say that is that, out of curiosity?

Burgess. Per match him and Hall are pretty similar for metres, clean breaks and tackle busts, Burgess does better in average gain per carry, has loads more try assists, less missed tackles, less penalties and more tries. He has made more errors than Hall though. Burgess is probably better in the air too.

Yes, that.