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Message: [QUOTE="Anonymous person, post: 2316802, member: 2115"] yeah noone can say Lockyer was a bad defender at fullback. he started off shonky, but by end of his fullback days he was the best one-on-one tackler in the game, not just best fullback at it. i think it was the 2000 grand final where he held up a rampaging shannon hegarty over the line long enough for the cavalry to come in and throw him over the sideline, and that was just one of many certain tries he stopped one-on-one. but having said that, Slater has made more one-on-one trysavers that were deadset certain tries. the one in the preliminary final against us, the numerous leg-first hold-ups, the beauty on watmough....he seems to get one every few weeks. what differentiates Lockyer and Slater is the way they attack. Lockyer would go through the line by deception, looking like hes going to pass or kick, and would put people through gaps the same way. Slater picks his lines to perfection, and just has the best footwork and explosive pace in the game. i mean, that break he got in game 2 is the perfect example of Slater - jump through 2 players to catch the bouncing ball, land and then throws a MASSIVE left foot step and just exploded 40m down the field. [/QUOTE]

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