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Pros and cons of short backrow?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 662862" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>There are pros and cons to being shorter</p><p></p><p>Pro:</p><p>- Lower centre of gravity makes them hard to push off a ruck and also makes them good at clearing them out</p><p>- Shorter legs allow for good leg driving and sudden explosiveness</p><p>- Smaller body mass coupled with the above generally allows smaller people to accelerate from a standing start very quickly</p><p>- Less mass = less weight to lug around = better endurance</p><p>- Potentially can make solid tackles as there is less risk of going high</p><p>- If in the front row, being shorter gives you a mechanical advantage</p><p></p><p>Cons:</p><p>- Less mass so easier to bump off or run over</p><p>- Less strength overall</p><p>- Lower top end speed</p><p>- Poor under a high ball</p><p>- Greater difficulty with hand offs and offloads due to shorter arms</p><p></p><p>Generally for 1-3 you want quite short people with a lot of strength for their size. As you go further back in the scrum, you want larger people until you get to 8 who ideally should be the largest player (weight wise) with the locks being the tallest. If you go for traditional flanker roles, the number 7 would be more ideal as a shorter person if they are you specialist ball snatcher whilst your 6 should probably be larger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 662862, member: 56232"] There are pros and cons to being shorter Pro: - Lower centre of gravity makes them hard to push off a ruck and also makes them good at clearing them out - Shorter legs allow for good leg driving and sudden explosiveness - Smaller body mass coupled with the above generally allows smaller people to accelerate from a standing start very quickly - Less mass = less weight to lug around = better endurance - Potentially can make solid tackles as there is less risk of going high - If in the front row, being shorter gives you a mechanical advantage Cons: - Less mass so easier to bump off or run over - Less strength overall - Lower top end speed - Poor under a high ball - Greater difficulty with hand offs and offloads due to shorter arms Generally for 1-3 you want quite short people with a lot of strength for their size. As you go further back in the scrum, you want larger people until you get to 8 who ideally should be the largest player (weight wise) with the locks being the tallest. If you go for traditional flanker roles, the number 7 would be more ideal as a shorter person if they are you specialist ball snatcher whilst your 6 should probably be larger. [/QUOTE]
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