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<blockquote data-quote="Aedaphon" data-source="post: 482279" data-attributes="member: 46333"><p>Welcome to the forum!</p><p> </p><p>From the sounds of it you'd be best playing 6, 8 or 12/13</p><p></p><p>All 4 have ball carrying responsibilities, but 6 and 8 are a little more tackle oriented. Although you're right that playing in the backs (at 12/13) would quite possibly suit your tackling interest you would have to get comfortable passing of both hands and becoming a bit more than just a running threat- everyone likes a big ball carrier that can put in some big tackles but unless you're really <strong>very</strong> good at ball carrying you'll have a tough time getting into a team at centre without a good pass.</p><p></p><p>Back row players (6, 7 and 8) tend to have the highest tackle counts in a game and do a lot of the hard ball carrying. Although you would have to be more involved in the rucks at 6 and 8 you would have plenty of opportunities to carry and tackle without the distribution responsibilities of a 12 or 13.</p><p></p><p>Just my two cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aedaphon, post: 482279, member: 46333"] Welcome to the forum! From the sounds of it you'd be best playing 6, 8 or 12/13 All 4 have ball carrying responsibilities, but 6 and 8 are a little more tackle oriented. Although you're right that playing in the backs (at 12/13) would quite possibly suit your tackling interest you would have to get comfortable passing of both hands and becoming a bit more than just a running threat- everyone likes a big ball carrier that can put in some big tackles but unless you're really [B]very[/B] good at ball carrying you'll have a tough time getting into a team at centre without a good pass. Back row players (6, 7 and 8) tend to have the highest tackle counts in a game and do a lot of the hard ball carrying. Although you would have to be more involved in the rucks at 6 and 8 you would have plenty of opportunities to carry and tackle without the distribution responsibilities of a 12 or 13. Just my two cents. [/QUOTE]
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