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NZ vs Wales - June 2016
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<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 797226" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>I'd be wary of moving someone who's always been a 12 to 13 on a whim though. The positions are not so similar that you can easily switch from one to the other without problems.</p><p></p><p>Defence in particular is very different. Remember beating us in the World Cup? (I'm sure you do...) If you recall, Brad Barrit came in for a lot of criticism for his defence at 13. This, for all his attacking uselessness, is without doubt the best English defensive IC by a distance, completely at sea when asked to play at OC. They are different positions. The decisions are different, the timing's different and the spacing's different. Excellence at defending one channel does not necessarily translate to even competence in defending the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 797226, member: 71826"] I'd be wary of moving someone who's always been a 12 to 13 on a whim though. The positions are not so similar that you can easily switch from one to the other without problems. Defence in particular is very different. Remember beating us in the World Cup? (I'm sure you do...) If you recall, Brad Barrit came in for a lot of criticism for his defence at 13. This, for all his attacking uselessness, is without doubt the best English defensive IC by a distance, completely at sea when asked to play at OC. They are different positions. The decisions are different, the timing's different and the spacing's different. Excellence at defending one channel does not necessarily translate to even competence in defending the other. [/QUOTE]
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