No stats; just the fact that Dewey was one of, if not the, stand out player at the Churchill Cup and all of that came from playing at 13. The CC showed that Dewey was back to full fitness. Ulster are not so rich in ability that we can afford to leave a fully fit Dewey on the bench.bootlace wrote:Hmmmn so you want to play Trimble at 12 even though he does not have a great pass [your words],which would probably mean that Dewey will not get the ball,I would have thought that the most imortant talent that a 12 has is his ability to pass the ball out to the faster backs,no doubt your obsession with Dewey will ensure some stats that will prove why you feel Dewey is a god.
Trimble does not have a great pass - that doesn't mean that he can't pass, it just means that he doesn't have great long-range distribution and that it isn't the best part of his game. Distribution, generally, is more important when playing 13 than 12 in my opinion, and this is shown by the number of international caps amassed by the likes of Maggs and D'Arcy as 12, despite neither having great distribution - a 12, mainly, shifts the ball on out the line or takes the ball into contact, a 13 has to get the ball out to the wings, or to a fullback coming into the line. Good hands and knowing when to offload, which is something Trimble can do, are required more by a 12. In my opinion, Trimble would work much better playing primarily as a 12. Given that both Trimble and Dewey can play 12 and 13, it is easy enough for those two to switch and change but I would start with Trimble at 12.
