Who will be dropped to make way for Joe Burgess?

[Albert Rosenfeld]

The ace English winger Joe Burgess, currently at Wigan, is due at the Roosters next season. He is fast, and a great defender (runs down guys who have broken the defensive line and racing to the try line --- much like Shaun Johnson did with Michael Jennings and Daniel Tupou).

The Roosters have paid good money for Joe Burgess. So will it be Tupou or SKD whom he replaces?

Or is Blake Ferguson going to full back and SKD to the centres, to make way for Joe Burgess?

 

[Captain Apollo]

Talk is that Ferguson is more than likely gonna get first crack at full back with SKD to the centres. Beyond that who knows? Robinson has said if he bring Latrell Mitchell thru to first grade he wants to blood him on the wing ala RTS in 2013 before he looks at moving him to fullback as a starter.

 

[Mr Chook]

Elliot to make way

1. Ferguson
2. Tupou
3. Jennings
4. SKD
5. Burgess

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Talk is that Ferguson is more than likely gonna get first crack at full back with SKD to the centres. Beyond that who knows? Robinson has said if he bring Latrell Mitchell thru to first grade he wants to blood him on the wing ala RTS in 2013 before he looks at moving him to fullback as a starter.

Latrell Mitchell is going to need a lot of blooding. The kid is only 17 isn't he?

But what about Omar Slaimankhel, the Afghan refugee who started at the NZ Warriors and then had a stint at rugby union? Wasn't he bought as a full back option?

Right now there is a big cloud over SKD's future (which he knows, which is why he has broken down). If SKD doesn't come back in 2016, then Ferguson will stay in the centres and I am guessing that Omar Slaimankhel will be the Roosters full back.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Latrell Mitchell is going to need a lot of blooding. The kid is only 17 isn't he?

But what about Omar Slaimankhel, the Afghan refugee who started at the NZ Warriors and then had a stint at rugby union? Wasn't he bought as a full back option?

Right now there is a big cloud over SKD's future (which he knows, which is why he has broken down). If SKD doesn't come back in 2016, then Ferguson will stay in the centres and I am guessing that Omar Slaimankhel will be the Roosters full back.

Latrell turned 18 a few weeks ago. He has big wraps on him and is viewed as the long term fullback for the club. Thing is Robinson does not want to throw him in to first grade and at fullback at the same time.

Omar? I don't know enough about him to say whether he is a viable candidate.

 

[expert]

He'll need to be good enough to make the team.

 

[lafai]

Latrell will be on the wing surely