I don't think it is that cut and dried on the Dugan v Hoppa front. For all his personal faults, Dugan is a proven FG fullback. Hoppa is presently a centre who looks like he'd do well at FB. But....how many games has he played in the position. Just saying.....
I would have thought it is far more likely to be cut and dried the other way.
Dugan has performed at elite level at fullback, including very strong performances at Origin level.
His tackle breaking ability is in the truly elite level.
I think potentially Hoppa may have a ball playing aspect to his game which is probably the only thing missing from Dugan's game.
But given that Hoppa seemed to be down on pace and physicality last year, struggled to beat his man, finished the season busted and way down on form, and has played f**k all fullback at FG level, I wouldn't be turning my nose up at Dugan.
Having that bloke who can start a kick return by busting a tackle and putting the defence on the back front would help the forwards out massively.
And having Hoppa in the centres would be a luxury.
Obviously the price would have to be right, and he has had massive attitude issues in the past, but IMO his attitude seems to have massively improved.
Id definitely be speaking to him.
