Agree.
No chance of it but that'd be my next move if I were Mary. Dugan back to fullback signals a complete lack of faith in all of their plans. It might not work n we'll all be pissed off but, at this juncture it's better than going back to a backline that is no better than last year's attackingly inept version.
That said, I'd be curious and excited about seeing Milne or another of the young gun, outside backs have a go.
Obviously I hope that Mann (injury aside) is just going through a form slump/adjustment period. But if we were to persevere with the Dugan at centre 'experiment', Quinlan is by far our number 2 'ball playing fullback.'
The concept made sense.
A passing fullback from a good system, a hard-running centre.
The problem is in the execution and implementation, not the idea.
Both are capable of it, but have either dudded out on first few tries (Mann) or not been played right by the attacking coach/team implementation (Dugan).
Who threww that pass the Nightingale for the first try against Melbourne ? Mann.
How effective would Dugan be 25 metres out with a deep and straight-running attack ? Hard to stop.
That's the idea, it's just not being done, and is compounded by crap ball control, sideways running, and poor defensive line speed.
