Maybe the problem is that these 2 look good at club level because they play behind Super league's most dominant pack. I think Deacon is a poor mans Brent Sherwin and I've always thought Harris plays like a poor mans version of Adam Dykes. They are both crap, and I remember having a good laugh when Harris was getting rave reviews during the Union world cup. For mine he has always been way over rated, and Leeds got a fantastic deal by selling him to the Welsh Union for millions.
Mcguire is the best half in Britain, mainly because he at least has some spark. We need to find him a partner. I still think in the short term maybe Chris Thorman could be the answer. He struggled out here, but missed most of the pre-season and Parra he played behind an ordinary Parra pack.
The problem appears to be that all the GB halves are of a similar level. In the last few years we've now had Ryan Sheridan, Sean Long, Harris, Deacon, Mcguire, Burrow, Sinfield, Sculthorpe and maybe others I've forgotten named in the halves. Others like to talk up Lee Briers and Wakefield's Jamie Rooney.
To take a wild guess at the problem, I'd say the kind of athlete who is likely to end up a good halfback, could also turn out a good soccer player. And I'd suggest with the size of soccer in the UK, then this may be where all the halfbacks are going. Just look at the number of lock forwards in the UK who play like 5/8's. Are junior teams full of massive halves?
