That's a fair comparison, I'd just add that when it comes to representative football, Matt Bowen is best remembered as a bench utility. I think that's an important distinction and for mine that's a step below representative superstar.
If this is the best roster he can organise, he's done a pretty ordinary job.
I'm pretty sure it was actually set by Melbourne which makes things worse.
Has to remain at arm's length... so paid appearances would be under the cap.
There was definitely a time when he was in the conversation above them, then he got another injury before Origin.
2020 was his best opportunity and that was off a premiership. However he was ruled out due to a calf injury, while Tedesco was also racing the clock and Turbo had been ruled out after a bad year with injury.
let's be real though, if you get picked and do well you go ahead in the pecking order, but it's all what ifs at this point.
Sure, but when is he getting picked? The only reason he was discussed as an option was because of injuries to other players, so when you take them out of the equation he's still behind a few other players. Which is why at best I could see him as an interchange player in a similar role as Hynes and Gutherson and who's to say he would have done any better in that role?
That was how long ago? Wighton was a CC award winner too and is reportedly on a similar amount of coin.
2020 was the year I was thinking of, incumbents are always going to have the advantage until they get their shot and perform though, like Munster was given his chance at 6 the exact same way.
