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Re-cut some data from the Super Rugby comp to show work rates. Thought it might give an insight into who has been putting in yards this year. Super Rugby Centre Work Rates Sorry, don't know how to show as a picture :( Small caveat - Barbarian has already observed the 'penetration' rates count each...

Gits is a great playmaker. Was a disaster playing him with Cooper. Hope it works out tho because I can't see the 1st XV excluding either of them.

Assuming the FF (Folau Fainga'a) stats can be believed, we are talking about 3 pilfers in the season, which was the most by an Aussie Centre. TC next at 2, McCabe 1. Having said that I am not overly confident on the FF (Folau Fainga'a) stat count; Pocock made 6, and yet according to the Top 20 stats released a month back...

Watched the game again today with pause button in hand. Really enjoyed watching it again, highly recommend it! Most people no doubt saw this stuff live but for me on replay a few things were emphasised; - McCaw lacked his usually staggeringly high mobility - Horwill had a monster of a...

BG, the camera angle showed AF in front of Carter, then moving left - there was no one to his right to cover Carter, hence the gap Carter spotted. I don't doubt AF thought there was someone to his right, but there wasn't, and the footage shows he should have been covering Carter ready to shut...

Bunce wasn't big but his defensive skills were practically telepathic, as was his ability to put others into space. To this day Bunce exemplifies Centre for me. And I agree 100% Gnostic, those would be my 3 also.

Don't rate A Fainga'a myself, his asset is supposed to be his defense - it clearly isn't his attack, straight or otherwise - and yet I have seen him completely fail to appreciate where the attack is coming from at critical times at both levels. Take the Super Rugby final, he had no idea Carter was...

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Guildford will be closely watched after last night's performance given their depth in fast wingers but to be fair practically every key player on either side made errors in that cauldron of a game. Staggered Crocket isn't in.

I actually thought Genia box-kicked a couple times too often and missed a couple of opportunities to send the ball out. I'd have to play the game again to check but my sense at the time was that a few times the Saders were swarming him, covering in depth for the box, and leaving opportunities...

The Reds have been playing great spectator Rugby since 2008 IMO. I loved the potential they showed even as wooden spooners and I feel Mooney deserves a lot of credit for what he put in place as a platform. Not to lessen Link's input, thats obvious, but I do think Mooney's skills at development...

Will BB be playing though?

Seems to me the beauty of the Reds game is they don't play like the Stormers. Their 'weakness' can result in an over-extension of the opposition as they push up, resulting in a devastating counter-attack. Naturally the Saders know that. It is going to be a very interesting game. My money...

Good point, but you know is it cheating per se if you are testing the refs boundaries to make sure you have a good grip on what they expect when refs can have quite differing views? I remember going to a AB/France game in '88 and being astonished at the dirty crap Steve McDowell was pulling...

I think the Sader's will need to bring a different game to the table this weekend. Withering defense, highly effective ruck/mauls and accurate kicking enabled them to dominate the Stormers, but giving the opposition the ball to feed off is an invitation to lose to the Reds, even with Carter's...

At first I was impressed with the Sader's commanding defence, but was surprised at the lack of Stormer commitment. Maybe the Sader's choked them out, but my sense was they did the unthinkable for a Saffa side and gave up. Too many players ducking injuries with RWC year? Maybe the loss of...

More Lies and Damn Lies - Saffas and Outliers (Penetrative-Offensive Weighting) Wasn't my intention to assess SA Centres so much as put Aussie Centres in context, but IMHO they do reinforce the urgency we have for strong centres to compensate for QC (Quade Cooper). As for Sidey, didn't see that coming. As...

Actually, its probably a McCabe thread! I am a fan of TC and I think he will lose the turkey image he has gained and grow to be a very good centre indeed, potentially even a great one if he improves his passing, but for now mcCabe is the better pick on stats and it would seem selection. And...

Good point re Saffy Barbarian, my error I'd had him in there because I was interested in his tackle count :rolleyes: - fixed. All in all for myself I am reasonably comfortable with multiple tackle breaks in a run, since that is after all the point of a penetrative player. I reckon that is a...