Comments around Wright and lack of size for 6 sort of gets you thinking around a bigger issue about how backward Rugby is in its thinking compared to other contact / collision football codes here in Australia and also overseas.
The focus should be more orientated toward power to weight rather than just raw mass for raw mass sake because it is aesthetically pleasing in what we imagine the benefits of what it brings.
I think League has cottoned on to this idea better than Rugby has over the last 10 years and the end result is more power in the collision and pace-speed that comes off the back of that.
Best performing running backs in the NFL range between 5'10 to 6'1 (lower center of gravity)and come in between 96kg to 102kg. They take an absolute beating as well but are able to make bigger linemen/ defensive backs miss or power through contact with better power/weight efficiency and pick up decent post contact yards- which,irrespective of the football code, is increasingly what its all becoming about for ball carriers. Yeah yeah yeah....Derrick Henry some may say who at 6'3 and 108kg led the NFL in rushing yards this last season. But he is definitely the outlier and an old fashioned running back bully boy.
Increasingly, in other collision codes , it's about carrying less mass and projecting more power and speed.
So.......I'm not phased in a seemingly more unorthodox line up in the back row , if it were to pass, that ran Wright /McReight/Wilson as our starters.
You can build your own advantage with that.
