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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 477833" data-attributes="member: 42330">We&#039;ve noticed.Certainly if you can do it that way it makes sense. Almost definitely not tbh, as we&#039;ve got plenty of 7s - and hey, when you&#039;ve got a 7 who&#039;s big enough to play as a 6 and a front five that can carry any potential loss of power, you might as well go for it (i.e. Richard Hill). However they&#039;ll still be butting heads at the breakdown, so the competition won&#039;t go away there. I haven&#039;t seen Gill yet, although if he&#039;s that good, I might go looking for clips. Isn&#039;t the youngest Faingaa also quite a good flanker (although won&#039;t be back next year).Having just looked at their stats - they&#039;re all the same height close enough, but Kvesic and Cane both have over a stone on Gill. In general the Aussie forwards look pretty light mind, reckon he&#039;ll bulk out a bit more with time.Anscombe wasn&#039;t it? Metronomic. We&#039;ll see, but last year I think the England pack really had the better of the NZ pack, and gave the backs an armchair ride which they squandered somewhat. This year the backs will be better and wiser, but I&#039;m not sure the pack will be able to repeat the stunt - that year was an exceptional pack, two of them are already in the Saxons and will probably be capped next season (Thomas and Launchbury) and I think a lot of the others aren&#039;t far behind. Only Kvesic really seems of that quality this year, although we&#039;ll see.&nbsp;As noted, you&#039;re rarely short of talent here... do the NZ U20s have any games between now and the JWC?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Peat, post: 477833, member: 42330"] We've noticed. Certainly if you can do it that way it makes sense. Almost definitely not tbh, as we've got plenty of 7s - and hey, when you've got a 7 who's big enough to play as a 6 and a front five that can carry any potential loss of power, you might as well go for it (i.e. Richard Hill). However they'll still be butting heads at the breakdown, so the competition won't go away there. I haven't seen Gill yet, although if he's that good, I might go looking for clips. Isn't the youngest Faingaa also quite a good flanker (although won't be back next year). Having just looked at their stats - they're all the same height close enough, but Kvesic and Cane both have over a stone on Gill. In general the Aussie forwards look pretty light mind, reckon he'll bulk out a bit more with time. Anscombe wasn't it? Metronomic. We'll see, but last year I think the England pack really had the better of the NZ pack, and gave the backs an armchair ride which they squandered somewhat. This year the backs will be better and wiser, but I'm not sure the pack will be able to repeat the stunt - that year was an exceptional pack, two of them are already in the Saxons and will probably be capped next season (Thomas and Launchbury) and I think a lot of the others aren't far behind. Only Kvesic really seems of that quality this year, although we'll see. As noted, you're rarely short of talent here... do the NZ U20s have any games between now and the JWC? [/QUOTE]

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