Firstly, I'd like to see him play the same one for 8-10 weeks. He had 6 weeks at FB before being dropped to the bench, and did any of us think he was going that bad? I didn't. We came back from the bye and looked pretty good, as a unit I thought. Yeah, he wasn't tearing up with 10/10 sort of games but I can't remember any significant errors and if there were defensive positioning/effort issues, they should have been worked on. We weren't shipping big points during that time.
Look at Lance Hohaia - he became an NRL standard footballer when, through injury, he was given a full season to learn his position. I don't remember the exact game-by-game form but I'm sure he didn't start filling in for Wade as the finished product. Before that, he was tried in the halves - also his jnr position - and never really looked that comfortable there. Moved to utility and did a job, but made his niche as a fullback in that great run in 08.
So yeah to answer your question, fullback. When RTS is back, if it's five-eighth - which Doyle and McFail have continuously said - then bloody well keep him there for an extended period of time and coach, which is actually your job description.
Those people saying Tui hasn't set the world alight, his form hasn't been good enough...go on a site called rugbyleagueproject.com and plot how many different positions he's played over his career. It is insane. No footballer would be in any sort of form if they were forced to come into their first and second full seasons and play 5-6 positions, and be swapped around them quite regularly. With a decent coach and ownership of the No.1 jersey since RTS went down, I have no doubt he would be repaying the favour with form.
