Quote: 100% Warrior "Opposition players have made metres through him. I’m yet to be convinced on his defensive qualities.
We are in the sense that we’re debating his attacking strengths in different positions. Which centre does Hardaker go into? Gildarts? Sarginsons? Neither for me. Why change one of our most consistent players for an untested (in SL) FB when Powell looks like he is injured and the opportunity to put him in the halves is there?
We’ve nothing to lose.'"
Hardaker could easily be played at centre or the wing, having French at FB gives us the attacking quality link up play which has been missing all season. I'd even go as far to say Sarge was linking up better as a second pivot than Zak.
We need something else, we're stagnate in attack its easy to see.
I don't think French is as good as a defender as Zak; saying that I don't think either Tomkins or Bowen were/are in the same league defensively as Zak, but what they offered was something different and most needed as a key part in our attack.
I've seen French play full back many times in the NRL. What did you make of his defensive capabilities over there as a FB playing in a higher calibre league?
Also.. you say opposition players have made metres through him; yet you want to play him in the halves in the defensive line? Doesn't really make sense.