Greg Inglis- Best Position

[thehattrickrabbit]

Hate to start up another GI Topic although It's quite simple in asking what are your thoughts on his best position also taking into Souths's style of play. It's just a broad NRL opinion that I'm after . Also based on his current playing weight of 102kg.

Just for kicks here's a highlights vid of him playing for Melbourne and Rep from 2010 and before hand:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH9nxMa4mxE

The following link is his time for the Rabbitohs (also featuring game III origin highlights):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb659Jdl6as
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My preference is FB, FE then CE. I feel he get's more ball and more space at 1 and 6.

 

[Raider_69]

ive always thought when he's in shape and healthy he'd make most impact at fullback

 

[Ausguy]

its a bit personal to ask dont you think?

 

[thehattrickrabbit]

I must admit he needs to step things up a fair few notches in 2012; The last couple of seasaons to his standards haven't been good at all.

 

[hillbillyjazzer1954]

fullback.....but run it back at pace, rather than pass it off to your wingers 102 kilos at pace woud be hard to stop......think Graham Eadie.....absolutely devastating at pace

 

[natheel]

Fullback. If he runs back at full pace to hit it up from the kick return he would be damaging.

Would remind of of hayne in 09 and some of the long breaks he made busting through the defence

He needs to pull his finger out (hayne too)

 

[gypsy]

I've always thought Hooker was his spot. The game is so focused on dummy half these days, and it would allow him to get his hands on the ball multiple times a set...something he doesn't do out in the centres.
He has a good long kick, and even better torpedo bomb. Imagine this from dummy half, with every chaser onside.
This would also free up Isaac to move into the 6, with Peats at 7. In this formation, I'd shift Sutton to fullback and just see how things go in the first few games.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Strapped to bunniesman's bed.




Or centre.

 

[POPEYE]

Anywhere he is given room to move . . . not being crowded by dumb Dave Taylor or given the ball when everything else has failed

 

[boxhead]

Hard to say.
Assuming Merritt stays at fullback, I would keep him in the centers but if their halves continue to struggle he may have to be trialled at five-eighth.

 

[Jono078]

That first video was awesome to watch.

Greg Inglis in that sort of shape and motivation is the best player in the game.

Also I think fullback is his best position.

 

[Frailty]

Surely this could be in the 50uff$ forum?

I couldn't give a shit where High GI plays because it doesn't matter - whilst playing at 50uff$ he will never taste finals football again.

 

[AuDragon]

His best position is centre, but in this bunnies team without a proper playmaker that will get the ball to him, and the other KFC maniac hogging the ball, his best shot at actually having any impact is at FB imo...

 

[Easts R #1]

Inglis can play fullback quite well but he could almost play any position well, Todays fullbacks must be superfit energetic, popping up everwhere in attack and the last man in defense. They constantly talk organising defensive lines etc, Inglis like Hayne can play fullback but make far better centres.

 

[BranVan3000]

Man, Inglis really embarassed himself in 2011. He was visibly a class ahead in that Melbourne video, just the pure athleticism of some of those individual tries. You could see he still was strong in the Rabbitohs video but he lacked the pace he had until probably the Canberra game.

A good off season should help him a lot too.

How the f**k did he get so fat so quickly?

His best position is centre, but in this bunnies team without a proper playmaker that will get the ball to him, and the other KFC maniac hogging the ball, his best shot at actually having any impact is at FB imo...

Both a problem and a great potential combination. At times Sutton + Taylor + Inglis looked unstoppable. At other times Taylor hadn't wiped the KFC grease off his fingers so the ground saw the ball more than Inglis did. I still think the combination has a lot of potential, especially considering Lang seemingly never heard of the term decoy runner

In my opinion he serves us better at centre. Merritt deserves his chance at fullback. He got given a chance at the end of this year and proved he can play there

 

[woodyk2]

Fullback or somewhere in rugby union.

 

[dangerousdave]

I'd say centre by far but given Souths need all the help they can get in the spine right now, I'd be inclined to throw him in the 1

 

[Parra Pride]

Front row.

 

[RWB]

Fullback, not because his skill set is better suited to the position just because he lacks involvement from the centres.

 

[mxlegend99]

When he was younger, fitter and slimmer. Definitely at fullback. But I think he's too big for fullback at the moment and while he'd still be effective, it wouldn't be his best position.

These days I think he would be best in the centres (still lose a few kg) so long as he has a decent halves pairing or atleast halves that are willing to give him plenty of ball and with a bit of space.

IMO he has never been suited to the halves. It worked at the Storm because of the quality of the rest of the spine. But at most clubs he couldn't be as effective IMO... he would have to alter his game too much. Unlike at the Storm where he could basically do what he wanted and not be under a huge amount of pressure.