i know all the rants and raves about Wagon and he could be useful playing in the centres still, which is the only other place i see for him than lock (or perhaps at a stretch as our bench utility)
however, there are 2 major reasons why i would play him at lock
1). he clearly plays his best and mkost consistent football at lock.....
and when the team is playing well and playing consistently, it is usually when Wagon is playing well and consistently at lock (among other things) it's true........he does all the dirty work there and when needed he seems to be able to make something happen in attack rather than being forced to come up with something at 5/8
2). limiting the number of interchanges by playing him at lock........
as much as i like the idea of playing Cayless in the second row with Hindy and Morrison at lock, who do you then have in the fron row, probably Vella and Cannings or Stringer or Robinson.......which in turn increases the amount of interchanges you have to make from the starting pack, which is then two-fold.....it creates instability on field and stiffles cohesion and obviously reduces your 12 interchanges rapidly......
if you have Wagon, Morrison and Hindmarsh all starting in the back row, you may not have to interchange them all game and perhaps only have to interchange Morrison, which leave more interchanges in the fron row to rotate Cayless, Vella, Stringer, Cannings ans Robinson.....all players who need graeter rest AND also allows more changes for bringing Piggy off and interchanging him with a proper hooker/utility..........
get the idea...........Wagon, Morrison and Hindmarsh in the bacrow means more cohesion, stability, workrate and better all-round option in my opinion
its not all about how cool and promising the backrow looks, its about what will happen throughout the game and also i believe Cayless is better off back in the #8 leading from the front..........
