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All Blacks Tri-nations squad 2011
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 418396" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>I too am not convinced by the selection of Thomson as a back up</p><p></p><p>Perhaps they think he will do the job because of the number of ball steals and turnovers he was getting for the Highlanders at the breakdown in the early part of the season. However, a few weeks ago in a discussion with Ian Jones and Josh Kronfeld, both of them made the point that <u><strong>he was getting those turnovers while he was playing blindside flanker.</strong></u>. Now admittedly, I haven't seen a lot of the Highlanders this year, but to me Jones and Kronfeld's point means he is either getting turnovers when the opposition are running the short-side, or, as I think is more likely the case, he has been getting them when he has been arriving at midfield breakdowns slightly "later" (we're' talking fractions of a second here) than the openside, and pilfering the ball after his team-mates already have his team dominantly going forward.</p><p></p><p>Just because he is pilfering the ball playing 6, it doesn't necessarily follow that he will be able to do the same thing at 7, and nick, I think that backs up your point about his not having played 7 very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 418396, member: 20605"] I too am not convinced by the selection of Thomson as a back up Perhaps they think he will do the job because of the number of ball steals and turnovers he was getting for the Highlanders at the breakdown in the early part of the season. However, a few weeks ago in a discussion with Ian Jones and Josh Kronfeld, both of them made the point that [U][B]he was getting those turnovers while he was playing blindside flanker.[/B][/U]. Now admittedly, I haven't seen a lot of the Highlanders this year, but to me Jones and Kronfeld's point means he is either getting turnovers when the opposition are running the short-side, or, as I think is more likely the case, he has been getting them when he has been arriving at midfield breakdowns slightly "later" (we're' talking fractions of a second here) than the openside, and pilfering the ball after his team-mates already have his team dominantly going forward. Just because he is pilfering the ball playing 6, it doesn't necessarily follow that he will be able to do the same thing at 7, and nick, I think that backs up your point about his not having played 7 very well. [/QUOTE]
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