Richardson and Woods were the two ball players, Ridyard was playing full back. Woods actually had to physically move Ridyard into the right position a couple of times. The two halves were calling the plays.
The point about systems etc is a good one to be fair, Leigh yesterday split their half backs and they both played first receiver depending on where the ball was. Saints use their forwards as a first receivers a lot of the time so he is playing a different role than he was at Saints. On the plus side, it means he’ll have more involvements.
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Great points.
I think Richardson has enough strings to his bow to be a very good scrum half, one in the Sean Long mould*.
* no, I'm not comparing him to Long before the attack vultures swoop, just the general playing style, as opposed to, say, a Danny Brough or, to go back a bit further, a Paul Deacon.