Eion
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Royce could potentially start, but just hasn’t developed the motor to do that yet, as BBB said, maybe down to many injuries.Yep, Hunt is a bench forward and we already have too many of them.
Actually, I think that's our biggest problem, we have too many bench standard forwards and not enough starting quality forwards. If we are fair dinkum, Su'a is our only starting quality forward. JDB used to be but with old legs he is better suited to the bench. Same with Eisenhuth. The Couchmen will be in the starting lineup at some point and I hope it is next year because we will need them. Of the others, Molo, Sele, Luciano are better suited to coming off the bench and BMM, RFM & Lawrie are better suited to ressies, but I guess could provide backup as benchies if needed.
Some of those youngsters coming through will be champions but are probably 2-3 years away, if we can manage to hang on to them.
That's why RCG is so important, and IMO we need one more starting quality front rower until the youngsters can step up.
He’s a good player and a good human and on his day can have a game changing spell.
Issue is, at 29, the clock is ticking for Royce to be something more than a cameo. If you don’t have a good motor at 29, chances are you aren’t ever going to have one and you’re going to remain a short stint player. Valuable yes, but with RCG only 2 years older, I’d be going for him.