thehattrickrabbit
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It just occured to me that Issac was originally a fullback/half and I think he may of played a game or two for Norths at the back before switching to half/hooker before he got called up to First grade mid 2007.
I mean alot of people say he is positioned like a lock forward on the fringes in the back end of a game but you could also say he is positioned like a fullback, Glass half empty or Glass half full?.
I remember one try last year where Issac was a wide attacking receiver and ran off a Sandow ball and held up a ball and sliced through two defenders drawing them in before throwing the pass to Merritt to scored in the corner and there are probably other tries that Luke has set up where he has played a fullback ala Billy Slater type play and set up his wingers or centres.
I think he is quick and agile enough to play there and can break tackles, The traffic he is used to at hooker would make him a solid defender at fullback due to far less tackles and not often do 110kg props run at him one-on-one unless it's goal line defense. Obviously positional play would be a question but you wouldn't know how he'd read the game until you saw him play at fullback but I see a bit of a Billy Slater type fullback in him, Defending at fullback playing as a wide five-eighth or lock (whichever you prefer).
I mean alot of people say he is positioned like a lock forward on the fringes in the back end of a game but you could also say he is positioned like a fullback, Glass half empty or Glass half full?.
I remember one try last year where Issac was a wide attacking receiver and ran off a Sandow ball and held up a ball and sliced through two defenders drawing them in before throwing the pass to Merritt to scored in the corner and there are probably other tries that Luke has set up where he has played a fullback ala Billy Slater type play and set up his wingers or centres.
I think he is quick and agile enough to play there and can break tackles, The traffic he is used to at hooker would make him a solid defender at fullback due to far less tackles and not often do 110kg props run at him one-on-one unless it's goal line defense. Obviously positional play would be a question but you wouldn't know how he'd read the game until you saw him play at fullback but I see a bit of a Billy Slater type fullback in him, Defending at fullback playing as a wide five-eighth or lock (whichever you prefer).
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