Wigan Warriors • Re: Backs
NickyKiss wrote:
Going off that Saints game last year, if any of the young lads gets a shot at centre it may well be James McDonnell. I know he’s a back rower in the academy but it was he who started that Saints game in the centre and he made plenty of ground and didn’t let anyone down. I’ve never been overly impressed with Halsall when I’ve watched him and he looks too lightweight at the minute to play anywhere bar maybe as a fill in winger. He’s plenty of time to develop but he’ll need to IMO.
If we like it or not though, come that Leigh game if we’re still short of Gildart, Field, French etc then I think we’ll see Willie Isa in the centres. I think Bateman has gone past that stage of filling in at centre. I actually thing he’s a good option there but he’s too big a player in the pack.
If we moved Bateman as a stop gap option that would still leave us with Isa, Faz, Pearce Paul and Smithies to cover secondrow/the 13 “middle” style loose.
Isa has always struggled when moved to centre and I don’t see that changing as he clocks up the years.
It wouldn’t be ideal to move Bateman to centre but given we know he can hold his own there and still have some real quality in the secondrow for me it has to be the fall back measure.
Like I said I don’t think it would be ideal however losing Field, French and Gilly for match would have to happen before we considered it, which again certainly wouldn’t be ideal.
Statistics: Posted by jonh — Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:15 pm