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Jim Lenehan (48)
The game evolves and so do positions. This is one of my bug bares with Australian rugby, we used to be innovators and praised for being different. Now players are criticized for doing so. Where some teams love a point of difference one player brings, we see it as a negative.
What is a traditional 7??? People do realise a fetcher as a 7 is only about 20years old? As strange and earth shattering this might be to people but Richie McCaw and George Smith were pioneers of the position being played this way. Not some guy playing in the 50s, 60s, 70s.
Do we know what a traditional lock looks like? I do. Rob Simmons, Sam Carter not Maro Itoje.
A traditional hooker? Stephen Moore not Dane Coles or Agustin Creevy
A traditional prop? Rabah Slimani not Maco Vunipola
A traditional 8? It surely isn't what Kieran Read is offering
Beauden Barrett isn't a traditional 10, Aaron Smith not a traditional 9
A traditional winger used to be some skinny fast guy until Lomu turned up.
A traditional 12 was a big crash ball merchant
If we want a 'traditional' pack that solidly performs their core duties our pack would be
1 Robertson
2 Moore
3 Talaki
4 Simmons
5 Carter
6 Mumm
7 Pocock
8 McCalman
A good line out, go forward from 8. 2 good scrummagers and a good lineout thrower. A 7 that gets over the ball and a 30 point loss
What is a traditional 7??? People do realise a fetcher as a 7 is only about 20years old? As strange and earth shattering this might be to people but Richie McCaw and George Smith were pioneers of the position being played this way. Not some guy playing in the 50s, 60s, 70s.
Do we know what a traditional lock looks like? I do. Rob Simmons, Sam Carter not Maro Itoje.
A traditional hooker? Stephen Moore not Dane Coles or Agustin Creevy
A traditional prop? Rabah Slimani not Maco Vunipola
A traditional 8? It surely isn't what Kieran Read is offering
Beauden Barrett isn't a traditional 10, Aaron Smith not a traditional 9
A traditional winger used to be some skinny fast guy until Lomu turned up.
A traditional 12 was a big crash ball merchant
If we want a 'traditional' pack that solidly performs their core duties our pack would be
1 Robertson
2 Moore
3 Talaki
4 Simmons
5 Carter
6 Mumm
7 Pocock
8 McCalman
A good line out, go forward from 8. 2 good scrummagers and a good lineout thrower. A 7 that gets over the ball and a 30 point loss