True EEL said:
Darren Lockyer, Preston Campbell - are they ball playing locks???
No - but they aren't traditional type 5/8's either. Though Lockyer is about as close to Brett Kenny as we will ever find. Campbell isn't a ball carrier or distributor in the 5/8 mould - he is as ad lib as they come.
Fulton, Lewis, Daley, Fittler, Lamb could create, distribute or finish. Few, if any, players today are in that category.
Look at those playing or who have played at 5/8 for their teams this year. They are, in most cases, players who are as capable of playing lock as they are of 5/8 - Anasta, Hill, Croker, Norton, Timmins, Faumuina, Bird, Gallen, Ikin, Harrison. Most are now ball carriers.