he's far from perfect but he's coming along for a 21yr old 30 gamer
shown he can play to a high standard at the level
will have his ups and downs - especially at Full Back
needs to develop his consistency like all young players but he's played more good games than poor ones this year so that's a step in the right direction
wont die wondering with this one
if we play him as a fb opposition ff will be jumping for joy. you only need look at his strengths or in this case his weaknesses to see why.
personally as a big bodied player id prefer he can defend first and provide run second. rather than run first and defense second. we have some excellent running defenders in newman deledio conca and batchelor. where we are having problems is the big blokes getting hold of us.
i hope people arent suggesting rance can do the role of these blokes. yep he provides some run but people have been telling me for yrs now so does mcguane.
one or two decent games does not make a player surely by now richmond people of all people have learnt this harsh lesson. and of course i expect more vitriol from the defenders of all things mediocre.
congrats alex on a good game now do it again and again and again.
