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Rugby World Cup 2015
[2015 RWC] Warm Up Match: England vs Ireland (05/09/15)
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<blockquote data-quote="Timbo" data-source="post: 744399" data-attributes="member: 71918"><p>There's a move to attribute greater scrum solidity to bringing George on and Youngs off, but looking at the subs it's quite interesting. Mako and Billy were subbed on 3 minutes before George, Launchbury 15 minutes before and Brookes 2 minutes after. Only 3 members of the starting pack were left to play the last 20 minutes. Every player subbed on was a heavier (and potentially, arguabally, possibly) more powerful option. The pack that played the last 20 minutes must have been a good 20-30kg's heavier overall. </p><p></p><p>6 nations we had Hartley, Attwood, Kruis, Billy and Haskell starting for most/all of the championship...again all significantly heavier than the current incumbents. Similar for the autumn where Wilson was at TH, Hartley and Attwood etc.</p><p></p><p>Now I know a good scrum is about more than just weight and power, but weve definitely downsized our pack by a fair bit coming in to this World Cup, and not just at hooker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timbo, post: 744399, member: 71918"] There's a move to attribute greater scrum solidity to bringing George on and Youngs off, but looking at the subs it's quite interesting. Mako and Billy were subbed on 3 minutes before George, Launchbury 15 minutes before and Brookes 2 minutes after. Only 3 members of the starting pack were left to play the last 20 minutes. Every player subbed on was a heavier (and potentially, arguabally, possibly) more powerful option. The pack that played the last 20 minutes must have been a good 20-30kg's heavier overall. 6 nations we had Hartley, Attwood, Kruis, Billy and Haskell starting for most/all of the championship...again all significantly heavier than the current incumbents. Similar for the autumn where Wilson was at TH, Hartley and Attwood etc. Now I know a good scrum is about more than just weight and power, but weve definitely downsized our pack by a fair bit coming in to this World Cup, and not just at hooker. [/QUOTE]
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