Hanno Dirksen - 2014

You thought things were good now? Well just wait till next year. This boy is even quicker, hungrier, more tenacious and skillful than North or Cuthbert.

This plus the emergence of Eli Walker really does give us a richness of wingers in Wales.

Ooh yippee, another winger born outside the principality

LondonTiger wrote:Ooh yippee, another winger born outside the principality

Pot, meet kettle.

Dirksen is not better than Cuthbert

Cuhtbert is the leading try scorer in the 6Ns and in the HC - despite playing for the Blues who lost 5/6 pool games.

Dirksen is decent, and can defend better than Eli Walker, but neither look like challenging North/Cuthbert at the moment.

Looseheaded wrote:

LondonTiger wrote:Ooh yippee, another winger born outside the principality

Pot, meet kettle.

Hey our wingers were born in England.

Centres however, well ok

Just the centres?....

What you need is some local talent like toby faletJONES!!!

Both Dirksen and and Walker have some way to go yet. We also have Robinson and Williams who are recently capped. Seem to be looking a bit thin at fullback though, unless that becomes Liam Williams' permanent position? Dan Evans deserves another go too IMO.

I think that Liam Williams will make that position his own in a few years. He needs work under the high ball and contact skills but looks a great prospect.

Dirksen is fast and feisty, I think he's great at Rabo level but we need to see what long term damage the injury has done him. I don't think he has anywhere near the power of North or Cuthbert though.