we have players capable of filling in at half back hooker and loose forward also players capable of playing second row and centre, also others capable of playing wing/centre/full back, in this division its a luxury having specialists cause if they are that specialised they should be in SL, again its a squad game with a lot of versatility in ours something we struggled with towards the back end of last season with injuries etc..

aye, them were the days Fred....
Harry Pinner, Jon Westhead, Alan Platt....

Mick Govin

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I didn't know it wasn't official I'd be suprised if he doesn't though

Didnt Ian Millward used to advocate something called "total rugby" or something like that where any player should be proficient in any position or did i dream that?

Don't knock it 'til you've tried. Have you never seen Andy Hobson playing at stand off?

I think the rider on that was 'if their skill level dictates'.

Well one things for certain , I dont remember Paul Anderson doing much passing or offloading in a Bradford shirt , but it all changed at Saints

This is one of the problems I see in the way we coach our juniors , all too often we use the big kids as battering rams and the small fast kids as dodgers , rather than just teaching all of them all of the skills needed to play RL , quite often that big kid at 10/11 will be small at 18 , and that small fast kid will be 6.3 tall and slow