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[2020 Six Nations] England Squad
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<blockquote data-quote="Pieter Steph du Teague" data-source="post: 985317" data-attributes="member: 72520"><p>Fair enough, Itoje's a better carrier than I gave him credit for, but your point about locks not being dominant tight carriers just confirms that, as good as Itoje's carrying is for a lock, he still can't make up for a lack of back row carriers (who are expected to be your major carriers).</p><p></p><p>Savea's an incredibly powerful carrier and I agree with what you're saying, but his stats are massively inflated by the fact that he's one of NZs '1s' in their 1-3-3-1 formation (along with Coles/Taylor) so is always positioned on the wing where he can rack up major metres, often unopposed for the first few metres of his carry. Frankly I'd say it's pretty incredible that Vunipola's only 1 metre behind him given the circumstances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pieter Steph du Teague, post: 985317, member: 72520"] Fair enough, Itoje's a better carrier than I gave him credit for, but your point about locks not being dominant tight carriers just confirms that, as good as Itoje's carrying is for a lock, he still can't make up for a lack of back row carriers (who are expected to be your major carriers). Savea's an incredibly powerful carrier and I agree with what you're saying, but his stats are massively inflated by the fact that he's one of NZs '1s' in their 1-3-3-1 formation (along with Coles/Taylor) so is always positioned on the wing where he can rack up major metres, often unopposed for the first few metres of his carry. Frankly I'd say it's pretty incredible that Vunipola's only 1 metre behind him given the circumstances. [/QUOTE]
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