Sorry, I should have clarified that a bit more. Bowen's tackling is excellent; it's all the other things he does without ball in hand that let him down a bit. Kick returns are really important for ANY fullback and he's been caught slightly out of position a couple of times too.
Hunt and Slater are involved in the attack very heavily at their respective clubs, both as ball players and ball runners. And yet they still make an extra 10-20m per kick return than Bowen does. I don't get the whole 'keeping him fresh' argument, especially with BJ at the club.
Yes but Slater does extremely risky plays that sometimes cost his club points, he can also be terrible at rushing in.
Hunt does well at support and running the ball back but has f**k all creativity.
You're going to be hard pressed to find a fullback that fills out all of the requirements extensively.
Bowen doesn't and won't ever run the ball back hard enough, but who cares really? It didn't stop the Cows in 04,05 and 07.
Let's see how Gallant goes next year before ousting one of the best Cowboys players ever out of his strongest position.
If something's not broken, it doesn't need fixing.
I was one of the vocal Watts supporters, but Payne was sorely missed and now understand that Watts is probably best off the bench for impact or playing a 5/8 role.
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