Quote ="trys'r'us"What about comparing fullbacks to the likes of, to pick some names from recent years, Karmichael Hunt, Luke Patten, Clinton Schifcofske, David Peachey, Preston Campbell, Brett Stewart, Kurt Gidley, Brent Webb, Matt Bowen, Jarryd Hayne, Rhys Wesser, Nathan Merritt, Anthony Minichiello, Clint Greenshields, Brett Hodgson?
That's one from each NRL club from the last 5 years better than anything we've produced in the last 15. And I've kindly left it at just one, whilst also excluding Slater, because apparently it's not fair to compare our players with him. That means players like Darius Boyd, Ben Hornby, Wade McKinnon, Luke Burt, Amos Roberts aren't included and nor are youngsters just coming through like Josh Dugan, Lachlan Coote, etc.
It's not about picking a one off and comparing them, it's every single club, every year that has a better fullback than anything we've got.'"
I'm not convinced that every single one of the players you've named are better fullbacks than Wellens or Radlinski. A number of those players have their own flaws, so I wouldn't hype them up too much. You also have to consider how those players fit into the sides they play in, someone like Preston Campbell for example is really a halfback whose converted into an attacking fullback because his clubs have worked out he's more influential there than as a halfback proper. Amos Roberts is a decent wing/fullback, but I wouldn't have him in front of Wellens, same with Clint Greenshields, I'm not even convinced I'd take Brett Hodgson over Wellens, but again it really depends on the balance of the side, particularly the defensive capabilities of the outside backs.
