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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 605748" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Part of me really wishes we could get Afoa back to play LH (even though he's playing TH for Ulster).</p><p></p><p>It seems absurd to me that we've been using Ben Franks as a TH - despite him obviously not being a good enough scrummager (I don't even like him much as a LH). Crockett has just been a penalty machine. I used to really rate him but now its just getting silly.</p><p></p><p>I doubt we'll be seeing much more of Charlie Faumuina at LH - with Woodcock returning to the Blues in Super Rugby it seems he'll be acting as a specialist TH.</p><p></p><p>With the Chiefs losing Toby Smith, I wonder if we'll see either of Ben Afeaki or Ben Tameifuna playing at LH? Either that or we'll see Jamie Mackintosh start often at LH and bring on Paulisai Manu. I love JTA for the Canes and Hansen has inferred he sees him as able to play LH, but with Ben Franks starting there for the Canes I don't see how he will develop there...</p><p></p><p>Maybe Moody is the answer, as others have said he scrummaged well in the ITM Cup...</p><p></p><p> But in my opinion it looks like LH is going to remain a bit of a problem position for us for a while, especially as Woodcock gets older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 605748, member: 38640"] Part of me really wishes we could get Afoa back to play LH (even though he's playing TH for Ulster). It seems absurd to me that we've been using Ben Franks as a TH - despite him obviously not being a good enough scrummager (I don't even like him much as a LH). Crockett has just been a penalty machine. I used to really rate him but now its just getting silly. I doubt we'll be seeing much more of Charlie Faumuina at LH - with Woodcock returning to the Blues in Super Rugby it seems he'll be acting as a specialist TH. With the Chiefs losing Toby Smith, I wonder if we'll see either of Ben Afeaki or Ben Tameifuna playing at LH? Either that or we'll see Jamie Mackintosh start often at LH and bring on Paulisai Manu. I love JTA for the Canes and Hansen has inferred he sees him as able to play LH, but with Ben Franks starting there for the Canes I don't see how he will develop there... Maybe Moody is the answer, as others have said he scrummaged well in the ITM Cup... But in my opinion it looks like LH is going to remain a bit of a problem position for us for a while, especially as Woodcock gets older. [/QUOTE]
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