To say we're not missing him is pretty silly for mine.
We are playing a 19 year old rookie as starting prop alongside another varitable rookie in Stosic who is only a few first grade games out of a newton jumper. Our bench prop is hutch who is an interchange prop thru and thru and not really a starter. That is where our current first grade stocks are filled at the moment. we have Villa and selmes who are capable if needed, but are the bookends for a reserve grade side getting touched up often.
we may not be missing nuts now, but that is presuming we don't have any injury to our very thin prop forward ranks at the moment. To have nuts wouold be a huge asset right now, use him as a starter and let Douglas or stosic come off the bench in a few games.
AS good as dougie is going now, props are given time for a reason. There is every chance in the next 3 years that we have signed dougie for that his form will drop off at some stage....that happens to most players, young one especially. I fear that throwing him in so hard and fast this early may expediate any second year syndrome for Luke, or also bring on the chance of niggling injury due to his still building frame.
Even with Ross fit we were a starting prop short this year, now we are two short and Nuts would be a godsend.
