Leeds Rhinos • 2023 OUT | Brad Dwyer - Released
Dwyer would be playing short minutes if he stays and Leeming is fit. That's assuming he even gets in the squad. I doubt very much Dwyer would want to play that role.
With small squads we can't afford to have too many players for one position who aren't playing. O'Connor and Johnson might not be as good as Dwyer yet, but both have time to learn, and can both play other roles that mean they're more valuable to the squad. Johnson looks like he'll be groomed as a hooker/halfback and O'Connor can play 13.
Anyway this is all moot. Smith will have watched umpteen videos of Dwyer in headless chicken mode and seen it first hand live, and made a call that he wasn't going to be offered a contract. Hopefully the era of retaining players because they are good lads or occasionally play well when the rest of the team is in form are over.
With small squads we can't afford to have too many players for one position who aren't playing. O'Connor and Johnson might not be as good as Dwyer yet, but both have time to learn, and can both play other roles that mean they're more valuable to the squad. Johnson looks like he'll be groomed as a hooker/halfback and O'Connor can play 13.
Anyway this is all moot. Smith will have watched umpteen videos of Dwyer in headless chicken mode and seen it first hand live, and made a call that he wasn't going to be offered a contract. Hopefully the era of retaining players because they are good lads or occasionally play well when the rest of the team is in form are over.
Statistics: Posted by Once were Loiners — Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:26 pm — Replies 47 — Views 6997