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<blockquote data-quote="Pieter Steph du Teague" data-source="post: 985189" data-attributes="member: 72520"><p>I don't think that anyone in the world doubts the defensive abilities of an Underhill-Curry flanker pairing, nor do I think that there's anyone who thinks that the bigger the player, the better the tackler. Defence isn't the issue that a Curry-Underhill pairing presents. In the final we didn't have too much trouble containing SA's big units defensively - we were beaten in the set piece and by the fact that offensively we just couldn't find go forward ball. It's in the latter of those 2 that the pairing really falls short - Curry is no slouch with ball in hand but I doubt he really troubles defences too much, while Underhill (as good of a tackler as he is) really doesn't offer much going forward. I'd take a back row with 2 strong ball-carrying forward options (Hill-Curry-Dombrandt/Earl, for example) that can split a defence over a back row with 1 outstanding carrier (Curry-Underhill-Vunipola) who can be easily marked by a defence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pieter Steph du Teague, post: 985189, member: 72520"] I don't think that anyone in the world doubts the defensive abilities of an Underhill-Curry flanker pairing, nor do I think that there's anyone who thinks that the bigger the player, the better the tackler. Defence isn't the issue that a Curry-Underhill pairing presents. In the final we didn't have too much trouble containing SA's big units defensively - we were beaten in the set piece and by the fact that offensively we just couldn't find go forward ball. It's in the latter of those 2 that the pairing really falls short - Curry is no slouch with ball in hand but I doubt he really troubles defences too much, while Underhill (as good of a tackler as he is) really doesn't offer much going forward. I'd take a back row with 2 strong ball-carrying forward options (Hill-Curry-Dombrandt/Earl, for example) that can split a defence over a back row with 1 outstanding carrier (Curry-Underhill-Vunipola) who can be easily marked by a defence. [/QUOTE]
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