Fullback is the position with the most quality talent across the game at the moment, definitely. And it's a rough position. Taking high balls with several people charging at you, no real time to guard your body. Screw that.
Plus, you need a fair amount of skill to be a truly classy fullback. Play making ability, speed, ability find a hole, taking high balls, strength for bringing back kicks.
Definitely fullback. It's a golden era for them at the moment
In 1995 it seemed just about every team had a gun halfback, but now that's moved to fullback
Stewart, Dugan, Hayne, Slater, Inglis, Barba, Gordon, Boyd... and the next generation look very impressive, Tedesco, RTS, Moylan/DWZ, Milford, Tompkins coming next year
5/8th is pretty stacked too actually.
The trade off is the lack of genuinely quality halfbacks and hookers right now. I recon there is lucky to be 5 top class hookers and halfbacks in the league
Cronk, Reynolds, DCE... outside of them, it's pretty run of the mill.
Smith, Farah, Luke are the only truly elite hookers imo. Ballin and Friend are probably the best of the rest, and from there on its another crack shoot
still 100% correct though. Very easy position look great in. Less pressure = more time to exucute. When a supremely talented player like Jarryd Hayne struggles up in the front line it should tell you all you need to know.I'd rate hooker and the halves before fullback.
It's easy to look better at fullback because they always have so much more time to work with.
*edit* I misunderstood the OP :-(
I don't think there's a poor fullback running around in any club.