Hopefully his sore finger is responsible for the weak tackle attempts in CvC. I never really considered it before, but a broken finger while trying to make tackles would severely weaken your ability to tackle.
He was great otherwise in that match, but definitely didn't earn the fullback spot for NSW. Duges was horrible for Australia,but he was stupidly picked on the wing where has had no idea what to do. Tupou would have been a better option to mark the beast. Or any actual winger. Give him a bit of space through poor positioning and it's a try every time.
Tedesco also looked poorly positiined on the wing and struggled to contest kicks against other wingers. But ball in hand he was very strong and powerful.
Not sure why they insist on players out of position in rep games. They are likely to be beaten straight up by a guy who always plays in that position. There's only a few exceptions to this. Guys like Boyd, Hopoate etc. But they also started out in those positions.
