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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1027436" data-attributes="member: 73144">Totally agree about having options. The ABs of 11 and 15 vintages are great examples - they bided their time, kicked plenty, had some individual stardust but above all they played what they saw and executed the basics brilliantly.Ref the pace of play. Of course now you've got big guys who can run, but I took it that they were looking to develop all that off the ball work and getting into position quickly as a real USP - back to the mantra of fittest team ever. If that's the case you've either got to play smaller guys - more Earl than Binny - or bigger blokes have to shed a bit of bulk which must compromise them a bit unless they're carrying real excess timber which very few do. The stressing on the work rate and Odogwu laziness was interesting. We need busy intense players but we also need players with rugby smarts.</blockquote>