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<blockquote data-quote="TopTen2003" data-source="post: 1132136" data-attributes="member: 75257">Hope this isn&#039;t a naive question, but if we aren&#039;t happy with our Number 8s, could Lawes play that role and free up the talented mix we have competing for the 6 and 7 slots?When I think of him at his best, his carrying and his ability to offload in contact might suit him in some aspects of the game an international 8 would be needing to demonstrate. I don&#039;t think he&#039;d be massively different to a Billy Vunipola style 8 if he played it. Talking of him, is there any incline of BV finding his absolute best for this tournament or is it possibly just a tournament too far?As a further note, this squad does highlight just how short at lock we are on paper for this RWC and I would again be very keen to know whether anyone thinks Lawes could do it for this tournament or not?Really hope Steve and the coaching staff can really knit this squad together now over the next couple of months and get a real cohesion in place to give it a right old go. Hope we can keep everyone fit and well- big few months ahead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TopTen2003, post: 1132136, member: 75257"] Hope this isn’t a naive question, but if we aren’t happy with our Number 8s, could Lawes play that role and free up the talented mix we have competing for the 6 and 7 slots? When I think of him at his best, his carrying and his ability to offload in contact might suit him in some aspects of the game an international 8 would be needing to demonstrate. I don’t think he’d be massively different to a Billy Vunipola style 8 if he played it. Talking of him, is there any incline of BV finding his absolute best for this tournament or is it possibly just a tournament too far? As a further note, this squad does highlight just how short at lock we are on paper for this RWC and I would again be very keen to know whether anyone thinks Lawes could do it for this tournament or not? Really hope Steve and the coaching staff can really knit this squad together now over the next couple of months and get a real cohesion in place to give it a right old go. Hope we can keep everyone fit and well- big few months ahead. [/QUOTE]

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