Just an addition but what compounds the mystery is when he joins the line in attack he doesn't stop or shuffle when running it in.

So he can do it, just as a professional rugby league player he and his coaches have decided it would be better to find his knees and get a quick play the ball.

Thought he was poor in the 1st half last night. Dropped a bomb with no real pressure on him and he looked a bit disinterested. Better in the 2nd half but not looking as ood as he was before he was dropped

he doesn't run it back "hard" because he'd get flattened.

I agree. He was miles away from catching the bomb but like you say , Decent 2nd half.

a bit like calderwood then? So he's adapted his game to get a quick play the ball.

Clever play!

He is a complete contrast to Tony in regards to his kick returns, Tony used to run the ball bad like a mad man like a forward would run the ball, Tansey looks to try and beat the man rather then hit the defender hard, just different styles of play, Its starting to annoy me when people are getting on his back to run blindly forward hes just not that type of player.

To be fair I've seen the deity that is S**** Br***** do that as well. I think sometimes we should just applaud the kicker and not deride the player.

and there it is! No full back will get near the perfect kick!

In the future Tansey will play Full Back for England

He can be frustrating with his kick returns at times but it's just his style. He did not have the best of games again last night following on from Wigan but took his tries well enough.

That was pretty much my view of it. Surprised he has a few votes on the MOM thread, to be honest.

As Sheldon said, Tansey has adopted his game which I think works well for him.

Please carry on like that.

Where you get your quick play the ball he gets pushed back 10 yards nearly every time.
Has the habit of spining out of a tackle then turning back into same tackler ie:-not a full back.

Give over

Don't see what the big problem is really as if he comes charging more chance of the ball being knocked out.The one he dropped last night I thought was a good kick overall I think he done really well for us at full back

Tansey's kick returns are the weakest part of his fullback play. His other attributes make up for it. He backs up well and links well but he is rarely going to make a lot of yards returning. In some ways it's a shame because it does sometimes nullify the benefits of his excellent positional play which means he catches a lot of balls on the full.

Still pretty young and inexperienced in that position though.
I'm more than happy with his contribution thus far. He's great positionally, runs the ball back well(IMO) safe as houses under the bomb, links up well in attack and has a kicking game. Jeez, what more do we want? He has comfortably been in the best 2 or 3 full backs this year.
Halley for Bradford last night returned the ball directly with pace, were did it get him?

I'm happy with him too. Nowhere did I say otherwise ?

hayne does that.

Not sure why i quoted you TBH??? ah well

Hayne has still played most of his career on the wing. Saying this, when he does play fullback he always beats the first man.

he is parramattas fb now and has been for a nearly a season.
I'm not saying he isn't better at this style of return just that he uses it.

Very rarely will a full back run back a kick return at top wack. Think about it, the vast majority of his team mates are in front of him and the chances are he will get tackled, so he needs to give the rest of the team a fighting change of being there when he plays the ball.

Its not American Football. I would rather have a fullback who can catch and show good positional play. Couldn't give a rats ass if he goes only 5 yards. Safety first. Last line of defense.