Fair enough, the only ones on my original list who could definitely not play half would be anasta, sutton and mateo, and thats probably because they are more like ball playing backrowers than halves.
The rest I could see with the no7 on their back quite easily.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't anasta have a stint (ever so brief) with the 7 on his back? I know he wore the 1 for a couple of games.
I don't think he has, but bear in mind, a lot of these five-eighths that are more like back-rowers than halfbacks are holdovers from several years ago when halfbacks still played both sides of the field. Back then it was the lock and the five-eighth who split, with the second-rowers playing more fluid roles.
Different teams adopted the new setup sooner than others, and it's interesting looking back at premiers of ye olden days to see how things change - Penrith played with split halves back in 2003 (Gower/Campbell), whereas the 2008 grand final featured two teams that still used a halfback playing both sides of the field (and a floating five-eighth - Orford/Lyon and Cronk/Inglis).
However the two grand finals since have been contested by four different teams each with split halves - Cronk/Finch, Robson/Mortimer, Hornby/Soward and Pearce/Carney.
It's interesting how things change.
