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<blockquote data-quote="Rhyer" data-source="post: 558173" data-attributes="member: 51721">It&#039;s interesting because the four nations lack a good balanced 6/7/8 combo. The best players are all &#039;&#039;7&#039;s&#039;&#039; (or 6 in SA/France) that are capable of playing 6/8 at a push. If only you guys could take Picamoles or Parisse, you&#039;d be sorted in terms of balance, a hard running skillful number 8 which the home nations really seem to lack. Faletau hasn&#039;t been anywhere near his 2012 6N form and Jamie Heaslip is so off the mark it&#039;s laughable. What do you guys think? Balance is everything really, a breakdown specialist who can slow ball down, a hard hitting defensive player who can smash rucks and an all round skillful running number 8 is pretty much the best combo you can get. If you look at all the successful world cup campaigns, the winners had this dominant combo. 2011; Read, McCaw, Kaino 2007; Danie Rossuow, Schalk Burger, Juan Smith2003; Dallaglio, Neil Back, Richard HillAll perfectly balanced with designated jobs. This is the reason why I believe the 2013 tour will be failed and Australia will win, Australia have better backrow players and more genuine 6/7/8.Fofana - maybeTuilagi - of course, the dude can&#039;t defend for ****, one of the worst 13&#039;s I&#039;ve seen in a while.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhyer, post: 558173, member: 51721"] It's interesting because the four nations lack a good balanced 6/7/8 combo. The best players are all ''7's'' (or 6 in SA/France) that are capable of playing 6/8 at a push. If only you guys could take Picamoles or Parisse, you'd be sorted in terms of balance, a hard running skillful number 8 which the home nations really seem to lack. Faletau hasn't been anywhere near his 2012 6N form and Jamie Heaslip is so off the mark it's laughable. What do you guys think? Balance is everything really, a breakdown specialist who can slow ball down, a hard hitting defensive player who can smash rucks and an all round skillful running number 8 is pretty much the best combo you can get. If you look at all the successful world cup campaigns, the winners had this dominant combo. 2011; Read, McCaw, Kaino 2007; Danie Rossuow, Schalk Burger, Juan Smith 2003; Dallaglio, Neil Back, Richard Hill All perfectly balanced with designated jobs. This is the reason why I believe the 2013 tour will be failed and Australia will win, Australia have better backrow players and more genuine 6/7/8. Fofana - maybe Tuilagi - of course, the dude can't defend for ****, one of the worst 13's I've seen in a while. [/QUOTE]

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