Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

[mikedogz]

As a teenager Duffie play AFL which has helped his ability to jump for the high ball.

[mikedogz]

Interesting looking at this old thread.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/opinion/300869557/tuivasasheck-has-been-a-done-a-disservice-by-rugby-union?cx_testId=16&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s

[Kirwan]

@mikedogz perhaps, but even in the weekend you could see his value at 12 with those feet. He gets through space better than any of the 12s.

And the team is bigger than one player, the Blues needed a 12, we had lots of options at fullback or even wing.

[ARHS]

@Kirwan said in Roger Tuivasa-Sheck:

@mikedogz perhaps, but even in the weekend you could see his value at 12 with those feet. He gets through space better than any of the 12s.

And the team is bigger than one player, the Blues needed a 12, we had lots of options at fullback or even wing.

Which is why Union Via Leon did him a disservice. Blues were strong in the positions he was best suited but they forked out for him anyway. I think he may have made it as a wing or fullback. Not enough space at 12.

[KiwiMurph]

It's easy to play the 'what if' game but i'm skeptical he would have made much impact on the wing or at fullback at this stage of his career.

10 years earlier as a winger? That's a different conversation as he was a different athlete.