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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 2672898, member: 1847"] [b]Re: Should Ashley Taylor Be Promoted[/b] That's true. I rate Kahu every bit as much as I rate Boyd. With either, we are serious challengers this year. We are serious now without either - just look at the ladder. As I see it, Taylor will only get a spot when Hodges retires and Boyd is moved either to centre or wing, assuming he is still here. I actually don't know this: how many young halves have been promoted straight into NRL from "juniors". Also, from memory, and based on many posters here being concerned with Taylor's defence, there was a post here where in '05, Thurston's 1st year in NRL, he missed 8 tackles in his 1st game (and Lockyer 10). So you teach them to tackle, and assign a defender to assist. Not exactly rocket science and we have some good defenders to mind a young newbie. For mine, this whole Taylor thing is not about Taylor but about the fact that Bennett has earmarked Boyd for FB and Milford for 5/8 AND when Hodges will retire which is the only way I see Taylor getting a shot as a regular 1st grader ... if he is still here. [/QUOTE]

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