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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 957337" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>yeah rugbypass has him at 95kg but there is no way that's true. Wiki and the blues site has him as 113kg. Given he is 6ft4in and his build, 110kg doesn't seem crazy. I would struggle to believe 115kg given he's so young.</p><p>crazy that he's still only 21(22 next month I think), got some very good young players around. </p><p>No Luke doesn't carry as well as Read but his defense and work in the Air is very good. He has a tidy pass/offload game. </p><p>Funny, Luke is a genuine #8. 6ft3 and 110kg. Dalton is bigger than Luke, and may even be slightly bigger than Read.</p><p>to me Luke has been getting better and better each year, the last couple of years have been his best and he hasn't really got many chances at test level in that time. Given he's only had 8 tests most of which off the bench or in 2nd string sides I don't really think we can honestly know his test potential. To me his ability to knock guys over with his defense very similar to Read. That is the selling factor of his game IMO, and he has transferred that to test level when he had chances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 957337, member: 43875"] yeah rugbypass has him at 95kg but there is no way that's true. Wiki and the blues site has him as 113kg. Given he is 6ft4in and his build, 110kg doesn't seem crazy. I would struggle to believe 115kg given he's so young. crazy that he's still only 21(22 next month I think), got some very good young players around. No Luke doesn't carry as well as Read but his defense and work in the Air is very good. He has a tidy pass/offload game. Funny, Luke is a genuine #8. 6ft3 and 110kg. Dalton is bigger than Luke, and may even be slightly bigger than Read. to me Luke has been getting better and better each year, the last couple of years have been his best and he hasn't really got many chances at test level in that time. Given he's only had 8 tests most of which off the bench or in 2nd string sides I don't really think we can honestly know his test potential. To me his ability to knock guys over with his defense very similar to Read. That is the selling factor of his game IMO, and he has transferred that to test level when he had chances. [/QUOTE]
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