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<blockquote data-quote="ranger" data-source="post: 368857" data-attributes="member: 40555">Are you serious? Brad Thorn and Sam Whitelock bossed the Springboks around the park last year, what possible weaknesses do you think they have?Also, having a big dumb crashball exponent isnt a necessity! They aren&#039;t required at all, its simply one option that the South Africans are particularly fond of. there are other ways to win a rugby match. For instance, this was the Crusaders pack when they pulled off their unprecedented perfect season in 2002:&nbsp;&nbsp;8 Scott Robertson &nbsp;7 Richie McCaw &nbsp;6 Reuben Thorne&nbsp;5 Norm Maxwell &nbsp;4 Chris Jack&nbsp;3 Greg Feek &nbsp;2 Mark Hammett &nbsp;1 Greg Somerville Where is the big crash ball flank there? there isn&#039;t one, yet they didnt lose a single match. You can gain momentum by the forwards employing pick and go and one off runners as a pack (Although as i said, Keiran Read is just as good a runner as any other 8 in the competition). By not using a big crashball runner they are able to use a second fetcher (Todd, Whitelock or Poff) to strangle possesion off other teams. Lets see how good these huge crashball runners are when they cant get their hands on the ball..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ranger, post: 368857, member: 40555"] Are you serious? Brad Thorn and Sam Whitelock bossed the Springboks around the park last year, what possible weaknesses do you think they have? Also, [I]having a big dumb crashball exponent isnt a necessity![/I] They aren't required at all, its simply one option that the South Africans are particularly fond of. there are other ways to win a rugby match. For instance, this was the Crusaders pack when they pulled off their unprecedented perfect season in 2002: 8 Scott Robertson 7 Richie McCaw 6 Reuben Thorne 5 Norm Maxwell 4 Chris Jack 3 Greg Feek 2 Mark Hammett 1 Greg Somerville Where is the big crash ball flank there? there isn't one, yet they didnt lose a single match. You can gain momentum by the forwards employing pick and go and one off runners as a pack (Although as i said, Keiran Read is just as good a runner as any other 8 in the competition). By not using a big crashball runner they are able to use a second fetcher (Todd, Whitelock or Poff) to strangle possesion off other teams. Lets see how good these huge crashball runners are when they cant get their hands on the ball.. [/QUOTE]

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