Quote: Trainman "FWIW I think Burgess has the rugby brain and physique to make a very good centre. At the moment he is only able to fill in there. To make the transition it would probably need a couple of pre-seasons with a full season in between and a lot of patience, in effect he would be learning a new (albeit similar) trade.
If we signed him up long term with no NRL clauses imo it would be worth putting the effort in. As he has previously said he’d like to go back to Australia I’d say it’s not worth the effort.'"
Fair point mate. Why do you think it would take a couple pre seasons though? Changes like this are usually made over the course of a single preseason and, as you say, Budgie seems to have a good rugby brain.
Just a couple recent examples to illustrate the point: Sam changed from half to fullback in the preseason following Madge's appointment. You could even argue that JB made international centre with just the pretournament as preparation.
I'm not saying you're wrong, necessarily, but I am interested as to why you think it would take Budgie longer?