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A lot of it depends there.No8 for me should be a totemic figure, a Dallaglio or a Read, someone who takes the fight that the opposition, a real rallying point. Gets the team going forward and tall enough to be a good line out option.Flankers: one needs to be a traditional Duracell bunny 7, relentlessly in the opposition face, causing havoc, hunting turnovers and pretty capable with ball in hand.6 is up for grabs. I used to like the big guy destroyer. Then we moved to Lawes and Chessum who are taller and more of the athletic line out option. But I don't actually mind a couple of 6.5s providing they're of the right quality - Haskell and Robshaw weren't really, but the Currys and Underhill are.Current 8s are Earl and Willis. Longer term the power of CCS totally fits my bill. On the flanks if the Currys can hold form and fitness I don't think we need to look beyond them at the moment.
A lot of it depends there.
No8 for me should be a totemic figure, a Dallaglio or a Read, someone who takes the fight that the opposition, a real rallying point. Gets the team going forward and tall enough to be a good line out option.
Flankers: one needs to be a traditional Duracell bunny 7, relentlessly in the opposition face, causing havoc, hunting turnovers and pretty capable with ball in hand.
6 is up for grabs. I used to like the big guy destroyer. Then we moved to Lawes and Chessum who are taller and more of the athletic line out option. But I don't actually mind a couple of 6.5s providing they're of the right quality - Haskell and Robshaw weren't really, but the Currys and Underhill are.
Current 8s are Earl and Willis. Longer term the power of CCS totally fits my bill. On the flanks if the Currys can hold form and fitness I don't think we need to look beyond them at the moment.
