Quote ="NickyKiss"I don't think we're carrying Tomkins at all tbh and I've been pleasantly surprised with how well he's kept with the pace of the game but both Faz and Bateman should be doing the long stints.
Tomkins should be used in shorter bursts from the bench IMO.'"
I agree with this, I think we need to work out a proper rotation system with interchanging the three second rowers. Bateman is too good to be sat on the bench for most of the game. It's a bit of a double-ended sword tbh, we have three quality second rowers who are all capable of playing the full 80. SW needs to work out the best way to get the best out of all three of them during the game.
Joel's been getting through a lot work in defence and I'm very happy with how up to speed he is after returning from union and a long injury spell. We've not quite seen the full extent of his attacking capabilities but I'm sure as he gets more games under his belt and fine-tunes his timing we'll start to see more of the dynamic runs and line breaks we were used to seeing before he left. He's certainly not a passenger, and the fact he did the full 80 last night will have done him the world of good.