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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1118272" data-attributes="member: 73144">If he&#039;s getting the team going forward I don&#039;t really mind whether he&#039;s running through brick walls or into space, although it&#039;s always harder to defend against intelligence.Mainly from watching Quins, in contact he seems to get man handled a bit too easily at times for a biggish unit. He dropped a fair bit of weight and while that will have helped his work rate, maybe there was a bit of a trade off on impact.Maybe just perception, and possibly unfair, but his body language reminds me of Launchbury - often giving the impression of being gassed (maybe he is) rather than right up for getting straight back in the opposition faces. That matters to an extent.His poor moments the other day were highlighted but there were some good ones too. Worth persevering with but not yet feeling like a long term solution.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1118272, member: 73144"] If he’s getting the team going forward I don’t really mind whether he’s running through brick walls or into space, although it’s always harder to defend against intelligence. Mainly from watching Quins, in contact he seems to get man handled a bit too easily at times for a biggish unit. He dropped a fair bit of weight and while that will have helped his work rate, maybe there was a bit of a trade off on impact. Maybe just perception, and possibly unfair, but his body language reminds me of Launchbury - often giving the impression of being gassed (maybe he is) rather than right up for getting straight back in the opposition faces. That matters to an extent. His poor moments the other day were highlighted but there were some good ones too. Worth persevering with but not yet feeling like a long term solution. [/QUOTE]

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