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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
Damian Mckenzie called up into ABs squad
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<blockquote data-quote="Penne Rara" data-source="post: 860893" data-attributes="member: 74680"><p>Savea as a 14?? Sorry but I don't subscribe to that point of view! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p>Savea doesn't look for work and wouldn't be able to create breaches in the Lions defense like Nehe or even Dagg would. His offloading game is pretty poor so in the best situation, he can only crashball and try open larger spaces out wide for other players to inject themselves in. He pretty much does the same job as his brother Ardie on attack when he wants to get busy: He runs into the defense.</p><p>The problem is... He is no flanker or number 8. His job is not to carry the ball hard on the inside channels. He would be more useful if he had pace, a step and a proper rugby brain to know where he should position himself on attack or on defense. I never saw him vary his running angles, it's just about following a straight line down the touch line and fingers crossed for the ball to reach his hands. Then he can smash the scrambling defenders like he wants, that's (partly) a left winger's job. But he can't involve himself in a global strategy cleverly enough to be considered at 14. I'd feel much safer if we put Dagg there, or even Naholo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Penne Rara, post: 860893, member: 74680"] Savea as a 14?? Sorry but I don't subscribe to that point of view! :p Savea doesn't look for work and wouldn't be able to create breaches in the Lions defense like Nehe or even Dagg would. His offloading game is pretty poor so in the best situation, he can only crashball and try open larger spaces out wide for other players to inject themselves in. He pretty much does the same job as his brother Ardie on attack when he wants to get busy: He runs into the defense. The problem is... He is no flanker or number 8. His job is not to carry the ball hard on the inside channels. He would be more useful if he had pace, a step and a proper rugby brain to know where he should position himself on attack or on defense. I never saw him vary his running angles, it's just about following a straight line down the touch line and fingers crossed for the ball to reach his hands. Then he can smash the scrambling defenders like he wants, that's (partly) a left winger's job. But he can't involve himself in a global strategy cleverly enough to be considered at 14. I'd feel much safer if we put Dagg there, or even Naholo. [/QUOTE]
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