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<blockquote data-quote="d1e1m" data-source="post: 387624" data-attributes="member: 40554"><p>Back in 08 Read was still playing at 6 but he had pretty much supplanted Thorne in the Saders lineup with a tremendous work rate. It was easy to write him off because its not always apparent what a good 6 is until you don't have one, thats why most non Crusaders fans have a hard time seeing what made Thorne so respected in the team. I honestly did not see switching Read to 8 due to his lack of bulk under rules where 8s like So'oialo, Spies and Luaki were preferred but he's really established himself as one of the ABs key men, along with Kaino, in dominating the loose at test level. Plus I love how he times his line-breaking runs perfect to just smash over players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="d1e1m, post: 387624, member: 40554"] Back in 08 Read was still playing at 6 but he had pretty much supplanted Thorne in the Saders lineup with a tremendous work rate. It was easy to write him off because its not always apparent what a good 6 is until you don't have one, thats why most non Crusaders fans have a hard time seeing what made Thorne so respected in the team. I honestly did not see switching Read to 8 due to his lack of bulk under rules where 8s like So'oialo, Spies and Luaki were preferred but he's really established himself as one of the ABs key men, along with Kaino, in dominating the loose at test level. Plus I love how he times his line-breaking runs perfect to just smash over players. [/QUOTE]
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