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June International Test: Australia vs. England [3rd Test] (25/06/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 804842" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>I don't remember it but may be wrong. Which game?</p><p></p><p>The whole lock vs blindside thing with Hendy (to tangent here) has been sharpened a lot by Ulster being okay for locks but desperate in the back row and Ireland being okay in the back row but desperate for locks. Its possible he'll split positions fairly often between province and country. Its also possible, with O'Brien increasingly injury prone and Heaslip getting on, that Ireland's back row stocks drop away just as a new generation of locks come to crop. So who knows what the future holds? To a certain extent, its simply about getting him on the pitch and working out what the strongest options elsewhere are.</p><p></p><p>Which is sort of how I feel about Itoje (huzzah! Back on topic). He plays. There's serious grounds for thinking he could be very good at blindside flanker. At which point.. Robshaw or Launchbury? If our back rows were as strong as our locks, I don't think the idea would get much traction at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 804842, member: 42330"] I don't remember it but may be wrong. Which game? The whole lock vs blindside thing with Hendy (to tangent here) has been sharpened a lot by Ulster being okay for locks but desperate in the back row and Ireland being okay in the back row but desperate for locks. Its possible he'll split positions fairly often between province and country. Its also possible, with O'Brien increasingly injury prone and Heaslip getting on, that Ireland's back row stocks drop away just as a new generation of locks come to crop. So who knows what the future holds? To a certain extent, its simply about getting him on the pitch and working out what the strongest options elsewhere are. Which is sort of how I feel about Itoje (huzzah! Back on topic). He plays. There's serious grounds for thinking he could be very good at blindside flanker. At which point.. Robshaw or Launchbury? If our back rows were as strong as our locks, I don't think the idea would get much traction at all. [/QUOTE]
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