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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3501154, member: 1899"] I'd say you have a different criteria to mine. The point I was illustrating is how old they were when they established themselves in the halves. You seem to be talking purely as a halfback. As we've seen in the modern game there are different types of halves so even if one of them is forced to play five eighth, they're actually developing their game as a half. That's why for instance the Roosters are fine shifting Keary to halfback because his game allows it. We've established that Moses was in the starting halves by 2015. Jackson Hastings was clearly meant to partner Mitchell Pearce at the Roosters in 2016 before dog-gate. Hastings was still their primary playmaker, he struggled and the Roosters decided to chase after Keary as a result. O'Sullivan could be argued. Nikorima/Harris-Tavita was set to be the starting halves but CHT suffered a foot injury that kept him out long term. My argument is that Nikorima/CHT weren't an established pairing and ultimately SOS ousted Nikorima out of his starting spot. Through his stints at the Warriors and the Panthers, he was able to secure a halfback spot which he got ahead of Nikorima. The other tentative example is Chad Townsend. I did actually make a mistake and should have him at 23, but it could just as easily be 20. He played 11 games that year. My argument is that he was brought in before his time and was brought into replace Albert Kelly after Tim Smith & Scott Porter blew their chances. As soon as Kelly was available, Townsend was displaced and he wouldn't see regular NRL footy again until 2014. [/QUOTE]

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