I'm not sure if his words on Elliott necessarily mean that. Sounds more like keeping him on his toes and ensuring he trains hard to get a spot in the 17. You wouldn't say to some guy who had his contract torn up by his last club and came here on his last chance that he's all good and he'll be starting in lock or second row round one - for both Elliott's sake and for the squad's sake.BadnMean wrote: ↑January 24, 2022, 10:02 am
Re Croker: he was pretty circumspect with his words there- he said the club had given Jarrod time to get his body right to try and play at NRL standard/his personal standards. Which sounds like acknowledgement that Croker was way off the pace last season. Then he said Jarrod is aiming for r1- well so is everyone. Doesn't mean everyone is going to play. He very definitely didn't say, something like "barring any setbacks Jarrod will be there r1", like he would for locked in guys...
Re Savage: yeah that's pretty much how I read it.
Interesting that it sounds like Elliot will not be starting, saying guys might spend time at either position sounds like bench or backup for Elliot.
Realistically, I think somebody in his position would probably get his chance off the bench in most circumstances but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him start in round one.