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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 556398" data-attributes="member: 13739">Yeah a little, but it might also have been that Halfpenny guessed that he would go right, and got it wrong, and thus got flat footed. In those situations, against a player like Imhoff who can step both directions, as a defender if you guess right you have a chance of making the tackle, guess wrong, and you&#039;re stuffed. Edit. looking again, it was more of a swerve, but when the attacking is running flat out and the defender standing still, it&#039;s just as effective as a step.Maybe Halfpenny is a little bulky, but maybe not. His asset was always his pace, not his stepping ability (he wasn&#039;t another Shane), and he doesn&#039;t seem to have lost that pace, so I think he&#039;s fine bulk wise.Whether its a missed tackle or not is obviously down to interpretation. The stats say it wasn&#039;t, because the pundits on the 6 nations have mentioned Halfpenny not missing a tackle since Autumn 2011 (or similar) a number of times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 556398, member: 13739"] Yeah a little, but it might also have been that Halfpenny guessed that he would go right, and got it wrong, and thus got flat footed. In those situations, against a player like Imhoff who can step both directions, as a defender if you guess right you have a chance of making the tackle, guess wrong, and you're stuffed. Edit. looking again, it was more of a swerve, but when the attacking is running flat out and the defender standing still, it's just as effective as a step. Maybe Halfpenny is a little bulky, but maybe not. His asset was always his pace, not his stepping ability (he wasn't another Shane), and he doesn't seem to have lost that pace, so I think he's fine bulk wise. Whether its a missed tackle or not is obviously down to interpretation. The stats say it wasn't, because the pundits on the 6 nations have mentioned Halfpenny not missing a tackle since Autumn 2011 (or similar) a number of times. [/QUOTE]

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