Yeah fine for a bottom 8 side.
:lol: Yep.
Yeah fine for a bottom 8 side.
Our backline will be fine behind strong forwards and halves.
2. Wright
3. O'Neill
4. Linnett
5. Winterstein
How good would they look in our team this year?
Our backline seemed to be going ok until we copped a heap of injuries all at once.
And Sandow decided to give up.
Hoppa and Taka have set up some wonderful tries this year.
Semi is Semi.
Norman and Foran are very good halves.
We have Fairaimo and possibly Robinson who have both handled themselves well this year.
I don't see too much of a problem with our backline unless we cop a heap of injuries again.
You are half right. Hopoate only has 2 try assists to his name. Taka is doing better with 7.
I reckon spending so much time at fullback has kept that number down for Hoppa.
Also he has spent time out for Origin.
Expect it to be higher next year with a better half inside him and a full offseason at centre.
A fullback should have more try assists than a centre.
We know that Hoppa is a better centre than fullback.
Without collating all of the stats just a quick run through it appears he's missing around 2-3 tackles a game. Probably not a strong defender, even for a half but probably average.
*EDIT* He's missed 37 tackles in the 17 games he's played this season. So that's an average of 2.2 tackles per game he misses. Ben Hunt misses 2.8 per game. Hodkinson misses 2.3. Jeynolds 2.6. Austin 2.3. DCE 1.7. Cronk 1.7.
So yeah he's probably average when it comes to defence for a half.
It doesn't mean he can't kick, it means it's harder. It is probably also a reason why DCE does the majority of the kicking.
You are half right. Hopoate only has 2 try assists to his name. Taka is doing better with 7.