Its that time of year again, just past the halfway point of the NRL competition, so it's time to rank the ‘duds’ of the year so far.
Dud
noun
a thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless.adjective
not working or meeting standards; faulty.
These are the players who this year have been doing well below their calibre or expectations and just aren’t performing the way their team needs them too.
With this in mind, here are my Top 5 duds of 2018:
1. Aaron Woods (Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs)
Now, I know this will be a highly debated topic on whether Aaron Woods has been a dud this year or not, but let’s review the facts.
Woods made the transition to the Dogs this year after also jumping off the Tigers bus due to signing a four-year deal reportedly worth 3.2 million dollars.
For that type of money, you’d expect Superman, right?
Well, Wood’s hasn’t exactly delivered the high expectations he came across with.
He has played all 14 games for the Dogs this season, averaging a total of 136.6 running metres with 26 offloads.
Woods has managed 13.4 average hit ups, which also consists of 727.1 post contact metres and 390 tackles at a rate of 93%.
These numbers are quite bad for an average prop, but if the Dogs are paying top $$ for him within a salary cap they don’t have, they would be expecting just a tad more.
Also, we can’t forget that Woods wasn’t included in the NSW team either, confirming his slight slump in form.
Let’s see if Woods can finish off the year strongly, or if the salary cap dramas will push him out the door.
