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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pieter Steph du Teague" data-source="post: 1223279" data-attributes="member: 72520">Could see a guy like George Ford being capable of going til he's in his 40s. His game doesn't rely too much on athleticism as much as skill, he's not in too many high impact collisions, he's not had too many bad injuries, he clearly takes great care of himself. The only reason I'd see him not going that long is because he may choose to turn to coaching before that (think he's pretty much guaranteed to go down that route after his playing career). Think it's a lot harder to play for that long as a forward but Jamie George is another who I could see making a decent go of it, for similar reasons to Ford. Game relies more on skill than physical attributes, and hasn't had many (any?) serious injuries.</blockquote>