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<blockquote data-quote="ZeFrenchy" data-source="post: 507007" data-attributes="member: 47244"><p>I've been doing some thinking about this, about who will be the winner and losers. Personally, I think Australia will suffer a lot from it. They already struggle to find three international level frontrowers, and now they will have to face specialit scrummagers for 80 minutes.</p><p>Scotland, and to a lesser degree Ireland, will struggle too as they have a smaller player pool and frontrowers are not all that common. Nations with a large player base, like France, NZ, and SA will be able to accomodate players that couldn't have made the squad before, as Crocket o Mackintosh in the AB. On the other hand, players who were there mostly on polyfunctionality will likely see less opportunities from now on, as Ben Franks or JB Poux.</p><p>I am particularly curious about the effect on the Wallabies and, if it gets extended to Super Rugby, on the Aussie franchises.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZeFrenchy, post: 507007, member: 47244"] I've been doing some thinking about this, about who will be the winner and losers. Personally, I think Australia will suffer a lot from it. They already struggle to find three international level frontrowers, and now they will have to face specialit scrummagers for 80 minutes. Scotland, and to a lesser degree Ireland, will struggle too as they have a smaller player pool and frontrowers are not all that common. Nations with a large player base, like France, NZ, and SA will be able to accomodate players that couldn't have made the squad before, as Crocket o Mackintosh in the AB. On the other hand, players who were there mostly on polyfunctionality will likely see less opportunities from now on, as Ben Franks or JB Poux. I am particularly curious about the effect on the Wallabies and, if it gets extended to Super Rugby, on the Aussie franchises. [/QUOTE]
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