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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 674491" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>Oh, with you.</p><p></p><p>Long term, yeah, he's looking at one of Kvesic or Fraser... but when? Before the World Cup? After? Season after that? I think short term we'll see Robshaw and maybe the odd smaller game given to those two. I was looking pretty much exclusively at the short term there.</p><p></p><p>If I'm honest, I'm coming around to Lancaster's point of view here. He's building a pack that is quick enough, fit enough and clever enough to be where ever they are needed. There's no easier way to concede a line break or make a line break than for a player to just not be there to begin with. Intensity and technique are just as important as raw strength and power in defence and rucking at least. I'd like a few more guys with super-strong ball carrying games, but they've got to fit in that mould. I think the current pack can be physical enough to take it to South Africa, I worry more about their fitness vis a vis New Zealand.</p><p></p><p>The only issue is I look at Attwood and wonder if he's really slower and less fit than Parling et al; Haskell and Johnson; and so on. </p><p></p><p>Also, given the game plan that goes along with the pack I've described, being so slow to stick in a specialist openside is just odd...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 674491, member: 42330"] Oh, with you. Long term, yeah, he's looking at one of Kvesic or Fraser... but when? Before the World Cup? After? Season after that? I think short term we'll see Robshaw and maybe the odd smaller game given to those two. I was looking pretty much exclusively at the short term there. If I'm honest, I'm coming around to Lancaster's point of view here. He's building a pack that is quick enough, fit enough and clever enough to be where ever they are needed. There's no easier way to concede a line break or make a line break than for a player to just not be there to begin with. Intensity and technique are just as important as raw strength and power in defence and rucking at least. I'd like a few more guys with super-strong ball carrying games, but they've got to fit in that mould. I think the current pack can be physical enough to take it to South Africa, I worry more about their fitness vis a vis New Zealand. The only issue is I look at Attwood and wonder if he's really slower and less fit than Parling et al; Haskell and Johnson; and so on. Also, given the game plan that goes along with the pack I've described, being so slow to stick in a specialist openside is just odd... [/QUOTE]
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