Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:39 pm  

Amazingly , Thewlis is one who is being targeted as part of our weak right hand defence even though he has done some really good defensive work alongside Wrench . The pair of them are still learning ,but i see Thewlis's main deficiency as being on the receiving end of kicks & that is the part of his game he needs to work on for a fullback role. Both Wrench & Thewlis have their strengths in attack.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:22 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Dufty new contract agreed.

Announcement at 6pm tonight. 2 more years.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:00 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Announcement at 6pm tonight. 2 more years.

Hopefully he won’t lose any of his pace over those 2 years. He’s been on fire since Burgess and Gleeson found out how to use him. Especially his ability to sweep from one side to the other at lightning speed to link up.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:46 pm  

easyWire wrote:

Surprised. I thought he’d be looking for a return to the NRL. Where does that leave Thewlis? He’s a better fullback than winger. Hope he doesn’t choose to leave.

He can learn an awful lot from Dufty, and it can help a fullback by understanding all the affects outside backs.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:11 pm  

Happy with the contract extension for dufty. He's been fantastic so far this season.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:16 am  

I'm not so happy, after an inconsistent 18 months he's been rewarded for 3 good games against questionable opposition.

A couple of people went apeshit last year when vaughan was given an extension so soon into the season.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:20 am  

I'm happy with this as he has been superb this season. He has some weaknesses (high kick) & he will have quiet games, as all players do. Blocking the path of younger players is the main possible issue here.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:35 am  

Hopefully we are paying him enough to learn to take a ball on the full which I consider to be a fundamental skill of a fullback. But in attack he has been fabulous, in particular he is now setting up tries as well as finishing them off.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:53 am  

I know his taking of a high ball amongst opposition players is not the best but I think we could do a much better job of protecting him in that regard. I also think his actual fielding of kicks in general is of a high standard and his defence seems to have improved a lot.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:56 am  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

I'm not so happy, after an inconsistent 18 months he's been rewarded for 3 good games against questionable opposition.

To be fair to Dufty in (the season to forget) 2023 he was our second highest try scorer and third highest point scorer.