Two very poor teams really, both are
so far from the standard needed to compete at the top.

Its a good comparison.Lets hope Smith sees it that way as i think he would be successful in the second row and lets face it Lane ot Carlos who would you choose?

destined for the front row rather than second row

Think long term you are right, but been playing nearly his gametime in the backrow for Newcastle and more likely to play for Hull in the backrow rather than frontrow.

Worked well for Scott Taylor