I wouldn't object to Blythe staying as a second row, but as a centre he's both ineffective himself and also cuts his winger out of the game by not giving him any decent ball. His enthusiasm is first class but his game has gone backwards, imo.

He was a good centre when he came to us from Wire. But then we played him at 2nd row for half a season & he wasn't powerful enough. But since then he hasn't been a great centre any more. I'm not sure what happened that season but we seemed to have broken him....

Perhaps a preseason with Rohan may find his mojo!

To be right he'd also played at SR at Wire too and whilst it's true he came, principally to play centre, he was already a utility when he arrived.

You're correct though, he was a decent centre when he first came over on loan, but for some reason he's fallen back imo.

My main issue with Blythe is his propensity to step out of the defensive line for a big hit, and invariably miss it.

He hits about 10% of them. And the other 90% of the time leaves a gaping hole in the line.

It's a shame you can't put his effort into someone with more ability.

Agreed.

I have no confidence in his fringe defence. It's worse than when we had Sykes and Platt in the centres.