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Nathan Sharpe (72)
Its only until the first off field atrocity...that will thin the ranks
why's he the captain then?
Sharpe does call the lineout for the Force...
But yes, lineout caller and captain are mutually exclusive responsibilities...
But yes, lineout caller and captain are mutually exclusive responsibilities...
That's going too far
Sorry got caught up inside inside's post - I (being the man in tights) said
The line out caller should be an insightful/intelligent person who spends hours analyzing videos of opponents' line outs and has an excellent sense of timing his various attacking/defending formations. The caller is neither mutually inclusive or exclusive from the forward leader/captain - he just needs to be the best tactician not necessarily the best leader.
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Wouldn't go that far. Certainly depends on the people involved. The person best to call the lineout may not necssarily be the best captain, e.g Simmo, but they may be, e.g Sharpie.
- and I wish we still had Mowen. He's another one that comes up well in replays. [And not to the point of the Tahs, but his lineout expertise for the Brumbies will counter the fact that no.8 Vaea is not a jumper.]
This is a maybe, replacing Mowen with Elsom is an upgrade to me. The only caveat is Elsom's fitness.
Elsom is an defensive excellent lineout unit at two as well and better around the field
That's exactly what I was saying. And vice versa.
No worries.
The way I see it is just because you're the captain and play lock (or 6, 7, 8) doesn't mean you have to be the lineout caller.
The lineout caller is the guy who's best for the job.
It would be like saying Mortlock should've been calling the backline plays instead of Larkham because he's the captain...