Thing is austin has had a 50% fit bmm playing outside him for 2 years, he's been a big let down.

Yeah we've had the occasional barge over off an inside ball but for the most part it's been a tip on, and bmm gets tackled by a half back/centre combo.

And then you were into the roulette of him giving a penalty away in possession

Robson on loan to widnes.

When you watch Liam Farrell at Wigan he runs that same line constantly and has done for years. Genuinely can anyone ever remember Hughes hitting a line and breaking a tackle?

Perhaps it’s not completely the running angle of the backrower, but some class from the passer to put him in the pocket. Even that said, I wouldn’t think twice about swapping Hughes for Farrell, and I like Hughes.

Liam Farrell has been a class act for years. Not many have been as good as him. He has got pace and knows how to use it.

Yes - agree with this.

I can easily imagine that Henderson has been frustrated with us.
He did well at London and I imagine he could see himself stepping up from assistant at Wire.
I hope he gets a shot at SL as first team coach.
If it works out, we could always have him back in a few years - should he want to come!

Hughes is a Price captain, I'll be interested to see if Powell keeps a) that appointment and b) him. I said in another thread, Powell seems to like dynamic second rowers.

I think everybody likes dynamic second rows.

I dont know about dynamic but he definitely has had back rowers that are forwards and aggressive.

I hadn't considered this before but you wouldn't classify currie as a Powell type forward either

Mike McMeeken is a very skilful SR (now at Catalan). I would think he is similar to Currie.

Do you think the attacking dynamic on the left would change much if King played second row and Currie played centre?

The strength of that partnership is that the are both big and fast with good hands close to the line and in/post contact. They feed off each other as one creates enough of a threat to create a 1 v 1 for the other. Swapping them wouldn’t have too much of an impact, although I would say King is better defensively wider. It’s a tough place to defend, two or three in from the edge.

For me Hughes just has to do more. He isn't the silkiest, he's not your typical ball playing second rower type like Currie so for me he has to be a workhorse type like Ben Westwood where he's making 50/60 tackles and 150 meters a game.

Currie made almost double as many tackles as Hughes against Hull on Sunday. Philbin made more also and he must have only played 40/50 minutes?

Quote ="Lord Tony Smith"For me Hughes just has to do more. He isn't the silkiest, he's not your typical ball playing second rower type like Currie so for me he has to be a workhorse type like Ben Westwood where he's making 50/60 tackles and 150 meters a game. Currie made almost double as many tackles as Hughes against Hull on Sunday. Philbin made more also and he must have only played 40/50 minutes?'" From stats I have seen Over the 3 league games Hughes has made 98 tackles and Currie 101. Hughes has made 319 metres and Currie 286. Hughes has made 4 tackle busts and Currie 1. Hughes has made 1 offload and Currie 7 Not seen the Hull stats. https://www.superleague.co.uk/team/9/warrington-wolves

Quote ="Lord Tony Smith"For me Hughes just has to do more. He isn't the silkiest, he's not your typical ball playing second rower type like Currie so for me he has to be a workhorse type like Ben Westwood where he's making 50/60 tackles and 150 meters a game. Currie made almost double as many tackles as Hughes against Hull on Sunday. Philbin made more also and he must have only played 40/50 minutes?'" From stats I have seen Over the 3 league games Hughes has made 98 tackles and Currie 101. Hughes has made 319 metres and Currie 286. Hughes has made 4 tackle busts and Currie 1. Hughes has made 1 offload and Currie 7 Not seen the Hull stats. https://www.superleague.co.uk/team/9/warrington-wolves

One would argue our current incumbent prefers industrius 2nd rows. Safe runs, little offloads, drive in.

Quote ="Smiffy27"From stats I have seen Over the 3 league games Hughes has made 98 tackles and Currie 101. Hughes has made 319 metres and Currie 286. Hughes has made 4 tackle busts and Currie 1. Hughes has made 1 offload and Currie 7 Not seen the Hull stats. https://www.superleague.co.uk/team/9/warrington-wolves'" See above, perfect industrius 2nd row. Keep hold, head down. Surprised at his tackles tbh, would've thought he would be higher. A nice figure would be to see what the extra meters/advantage the offloads gave us

Quote ="Smiffy27"From stats I have seen Over the 3 league games Hughes has made 98 tackles and Currie 101. Hughes has made 319 metres and Currie 286. Hughes has made 4 tackle busts and Currie 1. Hughes has made 1 offload and Currie 7 Not seen the Hull stats. https://www.superleague.co.uk/team/9/warrington-wolves'" See above, perfect industrius 2nd row. Keep hold, head down. Surprised at his tackles tbh, would've thought he would be higher. A nice figure would be to see what the extra meters/advantage the offloads gave us

Yep stats don't show everything.

Break through, Tony Smith, pre injury Currie was a joy to behold. I'd love him to be allowed that freedom again

Quote ="Smiffy27"From stats I have seen Over the 3 league games Hughes has made 98 tackles and Currie 101. Hughes has made 319 metres and Currie 286. Hughes has made 4 tackle busts and Currie 1. Hughes has made 1 offload and Currie 7 Not seen the Hull stats. https://www.superleague.co.uk/team/9/warrington-wolves'" Hull stats are: Hughes made 25 tackles and Currie 44 Hughes made 129 metres and Currie 108 Hughes mad 1 tackle bust and Currie 0 Hughes made 1 offload and Currie 2

Quote ="Smiffy27"From stats I have seen Over the 3 league games Hughes has made 98 tackles and Currie 101. Hughes has made 319 metres and Currie 286. Hughes has made 4 tackle busts and Currie 1. Hughes has made 1 offload and Currie 7 Not seen the Hull stats. https://www.superleague.co.uk/team/9/warrington-wolves'" Hull stats are: Hughes made 25 tackles and Currie 44 Hughes made 129 metres and Currie 108 Hughes mad 1 tackle bust and Currie 0 Hughes made 1 offload and Currie 2

He was the best back rower in the league then for me alongside John Bateman.

I think he’s more important to a team than Bateman (when at his best I mean). Currie has the rugby brain, the pace and footwork and a decent kicking game. He spots the cutout ball pretty well too. He fits the mould a 80s/90s ball playing loose forward, and with the whole package I’m surprised he’s never wanted to be captain.

He would have killed it down under as well pre injury. His style would have fitted like a glove in the NRL.

Still time for Currie. He’s been around for a a while but he’s still relatively young. Westwood only found his way into the pack after 5 or 6 years of being a pro, and only really hit the big time after that. Currie started early, but nothing is stopping him pushing on well into his 30’s. Plays with skill rather than thrashing his body about, plus he missed a lot of rugby from 2016 to 2018.

He’s probably 26 or 27 now, could see him in the international frame for 5 years, SL for 7 or 8 maybe? Lots of time left to make a stamp.

King and currie would be a superb second row partnership.

It is a superb second row partnership, it was proved last year. There aren't many good centres around though at the minute. We would need to sign 2 if we want that combination. It will be interesting to see what Powell does there.