LarryKinn
Team Captain
This is exactly right, Noble's achilles heel is, he's poor defensively one on oneIQ has learnt to actually defend. I believe when he first came to the club that was one of his weaknesses.
For the 2021 season Quaynor had 32 defensive one on ones and lost only 8.
Whereas Noble had 12 contested defensive one on ones and lost 9 of them
The quality of opponent would have been much greater for IQ than Noble.
His best position is probably wing, but he's behind J Daicos, WHE, Sidebottom, Poulter, (Crisp)
I could see Bianco supplanting his role as mid/def, but will have to win the position in the preseason
Of course McRae will have his own idea of his best 22
I think it's also possible that Ruscoe takes the 7th defender role. Could be "horses for courses"