I'm guessing 3 of those Dally M points came when Sandow was playing Fullback...
Well really what's the difference? He has an excellent running game which is wasted at first receiver. The main reason for using Paulo at first receiver is so Sandow and Norman can get wider and use their running games.
Teams use their halves however they're best suited, but ultimately most of them (including Hodkinson and Sandow) play on one side and create opportunities for their outside men. Sandow (right side) has eight TAs to left-sided Hodkinson's seven.
If you are going to have a player play in the 7 he still needs to be able to pass the ball and create opportunities for players on the edges, which Sandow does not.
I'd say our right side is having no trouble scoring tries. Now that Sandow has a running threat outside him (Pauli) as dangerous as the one outside Hodkinson (Tony Williams) his short passing game is a lot more fruitful. Sandow has four LBAs to Hodkinson's six, but all of Sandow's have come since round eight.
Hodkinson is a much better defender than Sandow and he makes better decisions, but the modern 7 doesn't need to be the key decision maker any more than the 6 or the 9. In most teams he just plays on one side of the field and handles the ball on shift plays and last tackle kicks.
