Let alone his goal kicking. The last attempt of the game yesterday belongs in the hall of shame.
Yet his involvement is not as high as it should be. Runs by fullbacks are often on kick returns, and those set up the start of the set of six. Also guys like Tedesco and Turbo are always sniffing in around the ruck looming up in support for any potential breaks. Latrell does not do this. His involvement can be rather low for what is expected for a top flight fullback. His defensive positioning is still spotty, and his catching of the highball? YIKES.
Sorry but for mine Latrell is not great a fullback. He is better than decent granted. He could be great, but he still has a lot to add to his game.
Agree with a lot of this. He’s gone from centre at the roosters, where last season he saw little ball for a significant amount of game-time, to a position with heavy involvement all game.
I think it’ll be another season to see how good a fullback he can be. I think he’s possibly the best centre going around but it’s become an “unsexy” position for some reason which I don’t get..
Lomax wanted fullback too, but going back to centre he’s killing it. You’ve also got double the chance of making rep football at centre (if you’re adaptable to both sides), especially now as Tedesco would have to get injured for anyone else to get a start. Or Ponga for Qld.
I reckon Mitchell can succeed but he won’t be the Slater, Tedesco style fullback sniffing around the rucks all the time we’ve now become used to. More an explosive power fullback that’ll pop up here and there in attack.
