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If Michael hooper was English would he actually start at 7?
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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 661172" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>I agree - the top dictates the development of the elite players considerably though.</p><p>If Lancaster suddenly told the academies to stream their back rowers into specialists then it would happen fairly quickly because of how young the supposed cream of English junior rugby is aligned with elite coaching.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Spot on.</p><p></p><p>We <em>may</em> have slightly differing opinions about why they'd want him to be bigger though.</p><p>I see it as a reflection of their lust for a broad skillset rather than a fetishisation of size.</p><p>They'd want him bigger so he could ruck more explosively.</p><p>Conversely they'd want someone like Fearns to stay lighter in order to increase his workrate/pace.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 661172, member: 67273"] I agree - the top dictates the development of the elite players considerably though. If Lancaster suddenly told the academies to stream their back rowers into specialists then it would happen fairly quickly because of how young the supposed cream of English junior rugby is aligned with elite coaching. Spot on. We [I]may[/I] have slightly differing opinions about why they'd want him to be bigger though. I see it as a reflection of their lust for a broad skillset rather than a fetishisation of size. They'd want him bigger so he could ruck more explosively. Conversely they'd want someone like Fearns to stay lighter in order to increase his workrate/pace. [/QUOTE]
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