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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3371087, member: 9052"] As I understand it Herbie played some fullback, but during ISC he was almost exclusively playing wing. His "fullback coming through" could've been playing fullback in Manchester as a 13 yr old... he played several years in ISC and was almost always a winger... left sided winger I believe. I believe the only out and out fullback coming through as a junior was Tesi (i.e. "the next Darren Lockyer" and "only had to watch him for 5mins"). Even Cobbo was outside backs / centre, and I think as a kid he was also in the forwards?? I think Herbie is potentially our best bet at fullback though, but I think he would very much be learning on the job... what I would say is that for most criteria required for a fullback it's potentially only ball playing that is lacking. He's good under the high ball, massive engine, strong runner of the ball, strong 1v1 defender, pops up everywhere and can bust the line. I think he could be lethal playing through the middle and taking advantage of any quick ptb's by running it straight back down the guts and keeping momentum going. It would also solve a problem we have with our backs... we have Staggs, Cobbo, Herbie and then Mariner, but need to figure out where to put them all. Most of them at this stage are suited to centers or wing, but we can't keep investing huge cap space in outside backs. We need one of them to step up as a spine player, otherwise the big decision has to be made on who to cut... and we don't like FOMO. If Herbie can actually become a fullback it solves an issue... and maybe Cobbo takes the role in a few years with Herbie moving back to the wing. [/QUOTE]

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