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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 743024" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>IMO Brutally realistic about Vito's versatility his best position is #8, he's an option at lock, the last couple of years he's too slow laterally and retreating to be a 6 in important games and any idea of him covering 7 these days is laughable. maybe when he was 22, not anymore. Still good in a straight line but generally he is the least mobile and has the lowest work rate of the 6 loose forwards selected. IMO he's less mobile than whitelock & retalick as well...</p><p></p><p>I think my ongoing concern over Vito still stands. He always looks good in a strong team performance. But when the pressure is on he vanishes and becomes ineffective. There are games for the hurricanes where he's gone 70-80min with his team under pressure and finished the game with only 2 tackles credited to his name. And this has even been true at ITM cup level. The one exception being the lineout, he's been superb in the lineout, at the front hes both reliable on our own ball and good at disrupting opposition ball. He's easily our best lineout loose forward and a better jumper than a lot of locks we have like Thrush & Romano.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 743024, member: 43875"] IMO Brutally realistic about Vito's versatility his best position is #8, he's an option at lock, the last couple of years he's too slow laterally and retreating to be a 6 in important games and any idea of him covering 7 these days is laughable. maybe when he was 22, not anymore. Still good in a straight line but generally he is the least mobile and has the lowest work rate of the 6 loose forwards selected. IMO he's less mobile than whitelock & retalick as well... I think my ongoing concern over Vito still stands. He always looks good in a strong team performance. But when the pressure is on he vanishes and becomes ineffective. There are games for the hurricanes where he's gone 70-80min with his team under pressure and finished the game with only 2 tackles credited to his name. And this has even been true at ITM cup level. The one exception being the lineout, he's been superb in the lineout, at the front hes both reliable on our own ball and good at disrupting opposition ball. He's easily our best lineout loose forward and a better jumper than a lot of locks we have like Thrush & Romano. [/QUOTE]
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