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<blockquote data-quote="msf" data-source="post: 806887" data-attributes="member: 72153"><p>It´s not just about weight, but height too. All those players are considerably taller than Ewers (apart from Haskell, who is lighter than Ewers and only a decent jumper), and the only one that is as heavy as him is about 6 inches taller! If you want to understand what it takes to be a good jumper, look at Itoje or Croft, two of the best in recent memory, both of whom are just 6´ 5 but who are significantly lighter than opposing jumpers. It´s really not controversial to say that line out locks (Matfield and Kay were probably the best from the 2000s) are more lightly built than the enforcers (Johnson, Botha). The requirements for both roles have changed somewhat, but the physics haven´t.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>So the last few games are irrelevant, and the season before last is irrelevant, but last season is relevant? I don´t quite get your logic. North was having a pretty average season until about halfway through the Six Nations, where he suddenly looked like one of the best wings in the world again. Would you not have picked him for the NZ series because of his indifferent form earlier in the season?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msf, post: 806887, member: 72153"] It´s not just about weight, but height too. All those players are considerably taller than Ewers (apart from Haskell, who is lighter than Ewers and only a decent jumper), and the only one that is as heavy as him is about 6 inches taller! If you want to understand what it takes to be a good jumper, look at Itoje or Croft, two of the best in recent memory, both of whom are just 6´ 5 but who are significantly lighter than opposing jumpers. It´s really not controversial to say that line out locks (Matfield and Kay were probably the best from the 2000s) are more lightly built than the enforcers (Johnson, Botha). The requirements for both roles have changed somewhat, but the physics haven´t. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] So the last few games are irrelevant, and the season before last is irrelevant, but last season is relevant? I don´t quite get your logic. North was having a pretty average season until about halfway through the Six Nations, where he suddenly looked like one of the best wings in the world again. Would you not have picked him for the NZ series because of his indifferent form earlier in the season? [/QUOTE]
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