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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 1037470" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>Never a 6.</p><p></p><p>As others have said, Simmonds isn't the player that is going to smash through people. Most of the time, he's popping up and using his acceleration to break the line after the likes of Ewers and Vermeulen have done the smash work.</p><p></p><p>My issue with him is that he's mostly invisible when Exeter are on the back foot. If Exeter's heavy carriers are being neutralised (as all but Ewers were against Leinster), he gets closed down as a ball in hand threat and he doesn't have the breakdown game to be particularly influential in other ways. His defence is good and he'll make plenty of tackles when required, but that's just the minimum you'd expect from a test calibre player.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Simmonds but I don't think he's good enough to build a gameplan around for England, let alone the Lions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 1037470, member: 59968"] Never a 6. As others have said, Simmonds isn’t the player that is going to smash through people. Most of the time, he’s popping up and using his acceleration to break the line after the likes of Ewers and Vermeulen have done the smash work. My issue with him is that he’s mostly invisible when Exeter are on the back foot. If Exeter’s heavy carriers are being neutralised (as all but Ewers were against Leinster), he gets closed down as a ball in hand threat and he doesn’t have the breakdown game to be particularly influential in other ways. His defence is good and he’ll make plenty of tackles when required, but that’s just the minimum you’d expect from a test calibre player. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of Simmonds but I don’t think he’s good enough to build a gameplan around for England, let alone the Lions. [/QUOTE]
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