Neither, Trout has a poor work ethic overall and I agree his defence can be weak, he has poor movement in defence and tackle technique could improve. Walshaw other than his size has lots of work to do on his game, positionally in attack he is weak, and again his movement in defence is poor, unless the attack run at him or close by he struggles.

If I had to choose though I would go Walshaw for his size and strength, he can pull upto 3 players in when he is carrying the ball which off the back of a quick play the ball should create gaps for us to exploit.

I have liked the look of Wildie, Slater and Anakin in the 20's each for different reasons. Wildie his attacking skills and presence of mind, Slater for his defence and his willingness to do the hard yards when needed and Anakin for his powerful runs with speed to finish if he breaks.

look at the stats.. prior to the wire game trout hadnt missed a tackle! am very confused but posting on a thread by the clown that posted is now lowering me to that level

Interesting comparison raised by NGBC; if you don’t put yourself in the position to make the tackle you don’t miss any…..do you?

yes you are confused

If your talking about whilst being in the 1st team then for the amount of time on the field I would hope he hadn't missed a tackle, but I am not judging him on 1st team. I have seen plenty of him in the reserves for me to form my opinion that he doesn't move about the field with anticipation for the next tackle and he likes to shoulder charge from time to time only for the runner to hit and spin, so again in my opinion technique needs to be developed.

Both Trout and Walshaw are young lads who will develop but for regular 1st team run outs I'm not sure they are ready. One thing is for sure though if they do get in the 1st team they need to be on the field longer if their confidence is to grow.

It's only an opinion.

Admittedly I have only seen trout play about 3/4 times this season but it's frightfully obvious he needs work on his defence. Especially assisting a's the third man round legs instead of looking on in slow motion a metre away (evident on many occasions vs wire). Stats don't account for that.

William makes good points.

Walshaw and trout are two I hope will grow into SL quality players in the next year or two. Walshaw adds size and can draw a few men which at present we need.