His bulldogs profile says “halfback” as his position, and he did play a bit in jnrs there I think. I suggested in another thread that we push him down to reserves as a halfback and get him back in the groove. He’ll have 2 weeks at hb
This makes sense.
Everyone that thinks you can just slot Blake Taaffe into halfback after zero off season training in the position is living in a fantasy land.
Even if he plays for 6 weeks at halfback in Cup he’s still not gonna get the defensive combinations with the inside/outside players that are playing in first grade.
We’ve been so much better defensively this season and Hutch’s role in that is undervalued.
Sex and Taaffe are smaller bodies and will be targeted in defence.
So what we would gain in offensive upside will be lost if we’re conceding an extra 2 tries a game.