Potter is nsw cup coach and not part of the coaching team as i am sure you are aware
So what is vella? JT is attacking coach so what is his role?
Very strange decision imo
Since a decent % of the Top 36 NRL contracted players (inc Development Players) will be playing NSW Cup there is no way the NSW Cup Coach isn’t fully involved in the Coaching and selection of the NRL Team. They all train together, spend all preseason together, the only time they are separated is when the teams are playing in different cities.
As for JT, I will be surprised if he isn’t used extensively as a specialist halves coach for NRL, Development and NSW Cup halves, including kicking. The “Attack” and “Defence” Coach terms are very generalised, it’s nothing more than puting a label on people just for the simple sake of labelling. For example, I don’t see the logic in “limiting” JT to attack, whether he is labelled that or not.
The overall first year head coaching success of Fitzgibbon and Webster, for example, surely disproves the theory of Assistant Coach labelling being anywhere near appropriate.
Always a Bulldog