I think he will be. My take on Averillo as soon as we'd signed Burton was to put him at Fullback this year (thinking it would be Burton, Flanagan next season) to get those k's in his legs.
The concern now is the fitness he's going to have to find to be effective there next year, plus the learning curve on both sides of the ball.
Worst case scenario will be that it's a longer project than anticipated - which is really possible in which case what's the back up plan? Allen I guess?
Yeah exactly. We don't know how Averillo will go at fullback. Theoretically he should do well but it's a lot of extra running and completely different responsibilities defensively, especially under the high ball.
I still think that the Fox might get first shot at fullback although if we signed Johnson, that might change things.
I've always been a fan of Johnson and it would be a reasonable deal at 500k. But I think we'll be as good short term and much better long term with Burton and Averillo. I think once Burton plays in the halves week in week out, he'll go to another level and show he's a dominant half sooner than people think.