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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2624999, member: 2221"] Barba was certainly having a few consecutive games well below par defensively, and albeit he has never been great under the high ball, he is otherwise a very good defensive fullback. Catching bombs is important, but positioning, speed and the ability to stop a try by putting the body on the line, doing a great tackle or even just blocking a put down, are as important... and he generally excels at all of those. I think the swap with Hoffman was more for his ineptitude to create anything at all at 5/8, and to give the team something more on that front. It also helped that Hoffman is one of the best defensive fullbacks in the NRL. [/QUOTE]

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