UKHamlet wrote:
This is true. Imagine your life depended on a kick at goal from near the half way line, wide out near the touchline on the left of the pitch. You can pick between Biggar and Halfpenny to take the kick. Who do you choose?
Wilkinson or Paul Thorburn! HP (Yes I know where the door is and it won't hit my behind as I leave)
Hugo Porta, no questions asked.
Or do you mean a different HP?
cadofyddol wrote:
I think the sum of Liam Williams at FB and Halfpenny on the wing is greater than the sum of Halfpenny at FB and Liam Williams on the wing.
However an in form Cuthbert would probably see Liam Williams moving to the bench.
UKHamlet wrote:
This is true. Imagine your life depended on a kick at goal from near the half way line, wide out near the touchline on the left of the pitch. You can pick between Biggar and Halfpenny to take the kick. Who do you choose?
Wilkinson or Paul Thorburn! HP (Yes I know where the door is and it won't hit my behind as I leave)
I might have chosen Henson in his pomp, but he'd have been pissed.
Haha, very good.
Assuming Halfpenny gets back to top form he is possibly the best FB in the world and definitely the best in the NH. His one weakness, other than injury, would be his running game but I think that is due to Gatland's 'gameplan', in that we never/rarely see it, rather than any deficiency on his part. He showed for the Lions in Oz that he he can play as attacking role when required - the timing and angles of his lines in to the backline were exquisite at times.