You watch the rise in class of fullbacks who 'have a dig and try hard' as you put it.
The Dogs broke Manlys line early today, Stewart saved the try. I've lost count of how many times Slater has covered Melbournes ass. I know Luke isn't even considered in the class of these two, but have a look at the EFFORT he puts in to stop a try.
Its even more embarrasing on replays. On the no try where Utai grounded the ball on Ben Smiths leg you see Luke sliding in late facing the wrong way, making no contribution to the play at all. And unfortunately that was as close as he got to doing anything defensively all day.
His 'attempt' on Beau Ryan on the last play was laughable. Benji basically walked around him without a hand being put on him, he went in on Lui half hearted.
Now, i realise there were other inept performances (hayne), but week after week Burt proves he is not 1st grade level, and he has way too much responsibility in this side. He is part of our leadership group, he is part of our attacking spine, he's played 10+ years of 1st grade at the club... he is without a shadow of a doubt part of the cause of our up & down half hearted culture, and has been for years.
Call me whatever you want, truth hurts! where else in the NRL could Luke play such an important position as fullback? How we let players like Mckinnon (at his peak_), Hodgson etc.. go and kept this self preservation 1st muppet all this time is beyond me. Someone started a thread earlier in the week saying he could be part of our 2018 side with the style of game he plays lol lol .. so basically he plays like a 38 year old. its funny because its true.
