Reece Lynn played at full back for the under 20's against both Bradford & Wigan.

You were talking about Horne at fullback before the club announced anything other than McKinnon's departure, so either you have someone on the coaching/playing staff giving you info or it was guesswork based on your assessment of Horne's abilities and where he/the club would like him to play.



More pure guesswork, unless you have access to Gentle's surveys he handed out. Where is the difference between thinking this has happened because it's been announced Horne will be playing there, and assuming Tomkins likes playing fullback because he actually IS.



Wasn't there a Wigan fan on here during the work saying that Wane has said FB is Tomkins' best position and he has no plans to move him for the foreseeable future? And to turn it around, when has Tomkins said any other position is his best?



The main point I disagree with you on here (in fact the only one I took up, I'm not even saying Tomkins won't end up on the halves) is your seeming opinion that speculation and guesswork is only justifiable based upon journalism (notoriously unreliable a lot of the time) and internet gossip, and if based upon an individuals own interpretation of events/facts it is 'strange'. I fail to see how something that somebody tells you is any stronger 'evidence' than what you see with your own eyes.

The poster gave an opinion that was consistent with his apparent reasoning and made no attempt to pass it off as fact IMO, yet you challenged how he got there in what was IMO a condescending manner. I don't think it was fair.

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I have not said that Tomkins 'want's to' or 'doesn’t want to': I said I cannot see that he would want to.

The main reason is that he plays his best rugby at FB

I'm not a frequent visitor of the under 21's but how will this affect Jamie Shaul and Jack Briscoe.

Jamie Shaul kept Reece Lyne out of the full back position for 7-8 weeks and hasn't got a look in and Jack just seems to be stuck in a time warp development wise, aren't they good enough? Do Hull rate them?

Sends out some bad messages to the youngsters IMO if were bringing other teams youngsters in but we also can't promote everyone into the 1st team an dhave to draw the line at somepoint.

Can't argue with his performance on Saturday but in the long term weres the benefits?

Shaul is quite far away from 1st team IMO, although does look a decent prospect. Briscoe has been moved from Wing, to Full Back, to centre, back to Full Back - he doesnt look like nailing down a position at present.

Neither Shaul or Briscoe will ever play 1st grade for the club, neither of them are good enough IMO.

Saul Beavis who the club were really high on has also been a massive let down so far and is still stuck playing fullback for the 18's instead of making the step up to the 20's.