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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 885691" data-attributes="member: 73144">I agree, but don&#039;t underestimate the scrum. Every time you get beaten in the scrum it&#039;s a guaranteed pen, which is territory at best or points. Not to mention the possibility of a game changing yellow. Over the last few weeks i&#039;ve noticed an uptick in dominant scrumnaging. Whether that&#039;s just the games I&#039;ve seen or part of a wider trend I don&#039;t know, but I&#039;d be happier if we were stronger in the tight.Hartley looks like he&#039;s trimmed down too much and similarly Cole. Both look more athletic to the naked eye but they both, esp Hartley,&nbsp; seem underpowered in loose and tight. There were issues over front row conditioning at the last RWC - hope history won&#039;t repeat itself. Mako at least looks like a prop, but is erratic at best in the scrum - Cole did a number on him the other week. Marler seems to have got rid of his boring reputation, but isn&#039;t much more than solid and none of Cole&#039;s rivals would have the Georgians quaking. Our second rows tend to be more athletic than powerful.Will be interesting to see how we fare in the 6N.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 885691, member: 73144"] I agree, but don’t underestimate the scrum. Every time you get beaten in the scrum it’s a guaranteed pen, which is territory at best or points. Not to mention the possibility of a game changing yellow. Over the last few weeks i’ve noticed an uptick in dominant scrumnaging. Whether that’s just the games I’ve seen or part of a wider trend I don’t know, but I’d be happier if we were stronger in the tight. Hartley looks like he’s trimmed down too much and similarly Cole. Both [B]look [/B]more athletic to the naked eye but they both, esp Hartley, seem underpowered in loose and tight. There were issues over front row conditioning at the last RWC - hope history won’t repeat itself. Mako at least looks like a prop, but is erratic at best in the scrum - Cole did a number on him the other week. Marler seems to have got rid of his boring reputation, but isn’t much more than solid and none of Cole’s rivals would have the Georgians quaking. Our second rows tend to be more athletic than powerful. Will be interesting to see how we fare in the 6N. [/QUOTE]

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