I said it a few weeks ago. He isn’t ready yet. Needs to fill out his body a bit more. But you’d throw him on the bench next year to get some time at lock or back row. Then with his silky hands and hard hitting defence he’d make a great 13.Alamoti has much more to offer than standing on an edge waiting n hoping for decent ball or just doing hard yardage runs from the tryline into a set defensive line..
His wanting to be closer to the action and Gould acknowledging it hopefully will mean it will happen.
IMHO Alamoti offers so much more as a 13 than any they have tried over the last two or three years.
Lots of the times he is beaten with speed or bad reads. Much easier defending in the middle.