The Prenter Report returns with Is there a centre in the house?

A bust that led to a try?

The swerve, the side-step, the dummy, the change of pace-once the trademarks of a Rugby League centre.

Reg Gasnier, Graeme Langlands, Steve Rogers, Bob Fulton, Mal Meninga, Gene Miles, Michael Cronin, Brett Kenny. Classical centres.

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The face of the game has changed so much that a centre today, the number three and number four are nothing more than a link in a backline chain.

In defence of the centres the "kick and return" brings the wingers and fullback to the fore.

Centres such as Michael Jennings are on-lookers.

Specialist centres are overlooked in preference for fullbacks.

Jack Wighton and Tom Trobovich are recent examples.

A fullback today makes more clean breaks than a centre.

I subscribe to the textbook that a centre's prime role is to feed his winger.

Try telling that to Fulton!

On July 3 I turn 80.

The memories of those mouth watering centres convinces me I made the right decision all those years ago to devoting my winters to reporting on "the greatest game of all."

Given the chance today I would side-step the same opportunity.

I readily concede the "six again" rule introduced this year has been a God's send.

By eliminating the penalty kick from the ruck and allowing the side in possession to "continue the flow" has added much needed excitement.

I grew up on the back of excitement and offer the following as my team of the past six decades:

Reserves:

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