Interesting analogy to Ben tune. I always thought of Haylett petty as a slow Ben Smith. He has struggled against fast opposition at international level and ended up not knowing how to respond, playing unnaturally. Which is a shame because he is one of the more natural eyes up players in aus.
Fair enough, just seems a safer pair of hands at the back than Beale (to me). I do vaguely remember a Tune, roughly the same era as Roff and Burke et al?
Yeah same era, he started in the year rugby went professional here. Beale offers counter attack (though he rarely does it nowdays) that DHP doesn't seem to have, I would have preferred DHP over Beale but we'll see what happens on saturday.
DHP is more of a Burke without the goal kicking.
meanwhile, he is looking down solemnly, wishing he could just be his own man.
It sounds a lot like the argument sometimes made about Daly, I'm just not convinced that any decent international coach is picking someone based on 3 points he might, maybe, kick. 9 pens in 29 starts for Hodge FYI
I think Hodge got the call for the head to head (well shoulder to shoulder we've all been waiting for)... Farrell vs Hodge: winner gets the 'The Iron Shoulder' (this award is trade marked, other awards are earned separately)
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DHP is awful on the wing, though. Fullback or nothing.
Oh yeah I'm not saying that's the only argument for Daly, or for Hodge. But people bring it up like it's a key thing, and it really isn'tWe can see Daly offers way more than that for England. He's not the best traditional fullback, but offers a lot more to his game than his boot
Hodge also takes the licks for line outs off penalties, and he is very good at it.
Fair point
Have you met Huget?
