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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3550464, member: 9853"] I found this piece on the role of the modern (2017) centre interesting. He contends the modern centre is more defence than attack and successful teams have a yin-yang centre combo: [INDENT][I]"History has shown that teams that have won an NRL premiership typically have a played one centre with footwork and pace who is defensively strong; alongside another centre who has skill with the ability to pass/offload and is defensively strong."[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] That kind of describes Herbie and Kotoni, though Kotoni does tend to run his winger into touch rather than create an overlap. Both have footwork to burn. [INDENT][/INDENT] I really don't know with Selwyn. He's matured into more of a brute this year, and he pulls some surprising skills out of the bag. His defence has massively improved, but we don't see a lot of it. I have no idea about his spatial awareness in creating overlaps - something Herbie sorely lacks - or his bread & butter level passing game. I've only noticed a few wayward long returns coming from his direction, which made me [U]wonder[/U] about his passing game in general. It's more of a note-to-watch than a opinion. If I were pressed on an opinion it would be I'd like to see Selwyn get more ball. [URL unfurl="true"]https://thecumberlandthrow.com/2017/01/29/a-positioning-statement-centres/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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