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What's the most important position on a rugby pitch?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr Ruggleby" data-source="post: 979736" data-attributes="member: 41553"><p>I would take a slightly different approach and rank by scarcity of world class talent. In other words, which positions have the most significant gap between the very best and the rest. With that in mind:</p><p></p><p>Tighthead</p><p>Scrum-Half</p><p>Fly-Half</p><p>Hooker</p><p>Loosehead</p><p>Lock</p><p>Full-Back (Would have been higher 10 years ago, but now it's less of a specialist position in most teams)</p><p>No. 8</p><p>Flanker</p><p>Wing</p><p>Centre</p><p></p><p>Factors at play include required body type & specific skillset required (i.e. could a player from another position fill-in), alongside the impact that being significantly better/worse than an opponent in that position might have on the result.</p><p></p><p>Note for the back-rowers: Having a good back row can obviously have a pretty sizeable impact, the reason they are fairly low on this list is because I feel like most nations have a larger pool of quality back-rowers than other positions and with the changing expectations of other forwards, the traditional workload of a flanker is becoming more dispersed around the rest of the pack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr Ruggleby, post: 979736, member: 41553"] I would take a slightly different approach and rank by scarcity of world class talent. In other words, which positions have the most significant gap between the very best and the rest. With that in mind: Tighthead Scrum-Half Fly-Half Hooker Loosehead Lock Full-Back (Would have been higher 10 years ago, but now it's less of a specialist position in most teams) No. 8 Flanker Wing Centre Factors at play include required body type & specific skillset required (i.e. could a player from another position fill-in), alongside the impact that being significantly better/worse than an opponent in that position might have on the result. Note for the back-rowers: Having a good back row can obviously have a pretty sizeable impact, the reason they are fairly low on this list is because I feel like most nations have a larger pool of quality back-rowers than other positions and with the changing expectations of other forwards, the traditional workload of a flanker is becoming more dispersed around the rest of the pack. [/QUOTE]
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