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<blockquote data-quote="ageingback23" data-source="post: 1140027" data-attributes="member: 87113"><p>I just don&#039;t see how playing Steward at 12 helps anything. He&#039;s got the turning circle of a barge, doesn&#039;t have quick feet, isn&#039;t much cop at the line, I&#039;ve not seen any evidence of anything other than average hands, and he certainly doesn&#039;t have pace. Yes he&#039;s tall and good in the air, and has been relatively solid at full back so far, but put him at 12 and you have only one option and game plan. Kick chase. Which we just aren&#039;t very good at. So why keep bloody doing it. If we could just up the pace of things, use the likes of Earl, Genge, Manu etc to draw defences in, we&#039;ve got people like Marchant who can slip through the gaps, get the wings to track him through and be ready to take the offload and suddenly we&#039;re on the front foot, opposition defence start to splinter, and you&#039;ve got something to work with. Fords got a good rugby brain, as has Smith, but they need something to exploit. Goofing up in the air on the hope you can regather, or get a knock on and pray the forwards can do the job at scrum time, well that&#039;s just not a WC winning strategy.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="ageingback23, post: 1140027, member: 87113"] I just don’t see how playing Steward at 12 helps anything. He’s got the turning circle of a barge, doesn’t have quick feet, isn’t much cop at the line, I’ve not seen any evidence of anything other than average hands, and he certainly doesn’t have pace. Yes he’s tall and good in the air, and has been relatively solid at full back so far, but put him at 12 and you have only one option and game plan. Kick chase. Which we just aren’t very good at. So why keep bloody doing it. If we could just up the pace of things, use the likes of Earl, Genge, Manu etc to draw defences in, we’ve got people like Marchant who can slip through the gaps, get the wings to track him through and be ready to take the offload and suddenly we’re on the front foot, opposition defence start to splinter, and you’ve got something to work with. Fords got a good rugby brain, as has Smith, but they need something to exploit. Goofing up in the air on the hope you can regather, or get a knock on and pray the forwards can do the job at scrum time, well that’s just not a WC winning strategy. [/QUOTE]

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