It was always going to be difficult for Shane Biggs to reassert his position on a HBF with Bob Murphy returning from injury, and he spent half the games before the bye last season in the VFL. A Murphy hamstring pull and then some positional moves meant he played all but one on the run home, staying in defence a lot more while others switched up the ground. The retirements of Murphy and Matthew Boyd mean Biggs is an incumbent for the Dogs, though the recruitment of Hayden Crozier represents a threat to his position, and with Matt Suckling leapfrogging him in metres gained in 2017, he doesn't have a lot of tricks in the bag. He can be a decent low-end starter when he's in the team, so watch him in the JLT to gauge his job security.
Biggs gets the gig
It was always going to be difficult for Shane Biggs to reassert his position on a HBF with Bob Murphy returning from injury, and he spent half the games before the bye last season in the VFL. A Murphy hamstring pull and then some positional moves meant he played all but one on the run home, staying in defence a lot more while others switched up the ground. The retirements of Murphy and Matthew Boyd mean Biggs is an incumbent for the Dogs, though the recruitment of Hayden Crozier represents a threat to his position, and with Matt Suckling leapfrogging him in metres gained in 2017, he doesn't have a lot of tricks in the bag. He can be a decent low-end starter when he's in the team, so watch him in the JLT to gauge his job security.
