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<blockquote data-quote="Zed" data-source="post: 683582" data-attributes="member: 38503"><p>Yeah he won't succeed at centre, at least not at international level. He simply does not have the ball skills, the pace, the ability to read the game etc etc And the ability to read a game comes with years of playing the game. An IC needs to have a similar skillset to a 10. 10 gets dragged into a ruck or maul, IC becomes first receiver and he needs to be something other than a crash ball centre. That said, he is immensely powerful, I've watched some Souths games and he's had 3 big forwards on him that have been unable to prevent him scoring a try. He's very hard to put down and will make a lot of yardage from IC. What it comes down to is basically is his effectiveness at breaking tackles & making breaks going to be enough to negate his other shortcomings I mentioned earlier - lack of a passing game, pace etc. Who knows. I suppose it's a moot point if he's being groomed for back row.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zed, post: 683582, member: 38503"] Yeah he won't succeed at centre, at least not at international level. He simply does not have the ball skills, the pace, the ability to read the game etc etc And the ability to read a game comes with years of playing the game. An IC needs to have a similar skillset to a 10. 10 gets dragged into a ruck or maul, IC becomes first receiver and he needs to be something other than a crash ball centre. That said, he is immensely powerful, I've watched some Souths games and he's had 3 big forwards on him that have been unable to prevent him scoring a try. He's very hard to put down and will make a lot of yardage from IC. What it comes down to is basically is his effectiveness at breaking tackles & making breaks going to be enough to negate his other shortcomings I mentioned earlier - lack of a passing game, pace etc. Who knows. I suppose it's a moot point if he's being groomed for back row. [/QUOTE]
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