Is it because if "he nails it", we would possibly lose him?
His form last year was excellent at 7, I guess that's all they can go on, plus his attitude.
Well this is where I think I'm the only one who states that AD didn't play ½ back in those great games late in the season, he played what we called back in the dsy a stand off, someone who plays more of sn opportunity role away from the ruck. Andrew Johns said the same thing too after one f thise games.
If he plays a traditional ½ role against the cowboys by displaying all the attributes of a quality ½ then I'll agree that the extention is warranted.
Most of us on the forum, just fill in the gaps with our opinion based on what we read, mainly because the majority can't watch the boys train and play in reserves and pathways, and that includes me big time, we don't know if Fainu's shoulder is any good, he apparently was training the house down st dummy half but then came a period lately where the contact drills came started and he may have failed that, hence why he's out till rd 4.
We dont don't what tpa's are nor do we realy know what the coaches are picking up on with body language etc.
I said Bula and Nasi need to get a voice, in that last thing Benji said in those preseason vids is Masi needs to find s voice

It comes with experience but it was good to see him use it in the preseason with the training exercises.