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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1089410" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>If your argument here is that centres at the moment are generally bigger, stronger and less creative I'd have a lot of sympathy with that. In internationals I'm hard pressed to think of centres that get me on the edge of the seat and it seems the focus in this position is more on being a strong ball carrier and solid defensively. It's why I bang on about Huw Jones in his prime because it's about my last memory of a centre that gets the pulse going. Jordie Barret may become that man, but its early days. Vakatawa doesn't seem to always get picked there (and is a big unit too).</p><p></p><p>But there is plenty of flair across backlines, at flyhalf and also even in the pack now that there is growing focus on even big men keeping the ball alive (a la Ledesma). Defences generally have got stronger but 50/22 and a greater willingness to cross kick with a penalty advantage mean I'm not seeing defences get on top.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1089410, member: 74121"] If your argument here is that centres at the moment are generally bigger, stronger and less creative I'd have a lot of sympathy with that. In internationals I'm hard pressed to think of centres that get me on the edge of the seat and it seems the focus in this position is more on being a strong ball carrier and solid defensively. It's why I bang on about Huw Jones in his prime because it's about my last memory of a centre that gets the pulse going. Jordie Barret may become that man, but its early days. Vakatawa doesn't seem to always get picked there (and is a big unit too). But there is plenty of flair across backlines, at flyhalf and also even in the pack now that there is growing focus on even big men keeping the ball alive (a la Ledesma). Defences generally have got stronger but 50/22 and a greater willingness to cross kick with a penalty advantage mean I'm not seeing defences get on top. [/QUOTE]
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