I'm not sure he had the required fitness to play straight away - had he not had the hip injury he may have developed the fitness by now, but we'll never know.
In summation, I'm content with this outcome.
We're building a team and developing these kids to win a flag in a few years' time - not to win a few meaningless games now.
I'd rather Tapscott gets his cut-up now and gets the problem fixed.
There are plenty of talented kids to play in the spot he may have taken up.
Nothing is really lost.