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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1004689" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Yes, he was 105kg in his first season, which has increased each year since. A lack of power has always been (and still is) a perception that simply isn't borne out by reality (unless BillyV is the only #8 he can be compared to)</p><p>The problem has never been that he lacked power, just that he wasn't as powerful as he thought he was. He graduated from being a very poweful age-grade player to being a moderately powerful senior player, who was playing as if he were very powerful. He went away and worked on it, and it was only a valid observation for his first season or so of senior rugby.</p><p>As ever, it takes way too long for any player to shake off the criticisms that were valid in their first year. Some take a few years (if only Watson played FB for his club...) some an entire career (if only Tait had better core strength to position himself in a tackle, if only Hodgson learned how to tackle, if only Simpson-Daniel could go 2 months without breaking...).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1004689, member: 73592"] Yes, he was 105kg in his first season, which has increased each year since. A lack of power has always been (and still is) a perception that simply isn't borne out by reality (unless BillyV is the only #8 he can be compared to) The problem has never been that he lacked power, just that he wasn't as powerful as he thought he was. He graduated from being a very poweful age-grade player to being a moderately powerful senior player, who was playing as if he were very powerful. He went away and worked on it, and it was only a valid observation for his first season or so of senior rugby. As ever, it takes way too long for any player to shake off the criticisms that were valid in their first year. Some take a few years (if only Watson played FB for his club...) some an entire career (if only Tait had better core strength to position himself in a tackle, if only Hodgson learned how to tackle, if only Simpson-Daniel could go 2 months without breaking...). [/QUOTE]
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