Quote ="Alffi_7"A very, very good scoot. His kick returns are excellent, he gets us a quick play the ball and on the front foot early on in our sets and takes a huge amount of work away from the forwards. Penny will try to do that, but to nowhere near the same standard.
A lot has been said for the breaks Penny made vs Catalan, he backed up well, but I think Russell has the pace to do what Penny does - he's not as elusive or as quick as KP, but he's quick enough, especially over the first 10m and would have scored the try KP scored vs Catalan.'"
He also can't catch or pass. Penny runs the ball harder than the forwards most the time. Russell would also make twice the yards he does on a kick return if he was stood in the right place. he has to run 20 yards before he can pick the ball up.
Russell has nowhere near the pace Penny does and Penny is slower than he once was. Russell can not read the game in the slightest and if he had made the break down the wing like Penny did which I highly doubt... I also highly doubt he would of passed inside to Ratch. He would have took the tackle like he always does.
But that's ok.... Because he's fast and birds think he's fit because he's got a ded good rig. Lets play him over an out and out winger.
I appreciate that its useful to have players who can play a lot of different positions but wingers 100% of the time need to be wingers. Not a centre and a small stocky bloke with a good scoot.
