Re: SpecialK the new Rowe!
Reply #7 –
Really makes you wonder why we drafted Lobbe doesn't it, on top of De Koning and McKay, if Lobbe is not being set for the 1st ruck in the short term then what is he good for?
If we assume Lobbe is not a KPP of sorts, and he is being set for the 1st ruck, then Kreuzer..............?
Is all this SpecialK to push forward for more goals just a smokescreen, because it seems we've tried it all before!
Anyway, it's just an interesting rumor that seems worthwhile discussing.
PS; Could we find that experiences in the backline will eventually make Jones a much better KPF? What we had hoped for Weitering, or could we be again looking at Weitering spending more time forward. I see either as a potential Harry Taylor type, capable of pinch hitting up forward.
Lobbe is primarily injury insurance.
I think what Kreuzer was implying is that he wants to have greater impact when he does go forward. I can't see him spending any more or less time as a forward but I would like to see him become more effective when he rucks and/or rests in the forward line.
Kreuzer just had his best season doing 90% of the ruckwork and Jones had his best season. I doubt whether either of their roles will change in 2018.