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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 607259" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Remember that Owen Franks only made his international debut two years prior to the 2011 RWC.</p><p></p><p>If Woodcock is the best performing LH prop we have in SR next year then fair play - but I think we'd be pretty dumb to ignore a better performing prop, particularly if there is one scrummaging especially well, as our scrum hasn't been an area of strength for us in a while. I still feel like we were being prepared a few seasons ago for some big changes with Hansen acknowledging a team full of guys in their mid thirties would be very risky. Now it seems we're seeing guys who are past thirty and looking like the only viable option. Surely someone other than Woodcock should be getting starts at LH, and should have been for a few years. Waiting till they are well and truly past it to start transitioning younger guys in some of these areas may well come back to bite us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 607259, member: 38640"] Remember that Owen Franks only made his international debut two years prior to the 2011 RWC. If Woodcock is the best performing LH prop we have in SR next year then fair play - but I think we'd be pretty dumb to ignore a better performing prop, particularly if there is one scrummaging especially well, as our scrum hasn't been an area of strength for us in a while. I still feel like we were being prepared a few seasons ago for some big changes with Hansen acknowledging a team full of guys in their mid thirties would be very risky. Now it seems we're seeing guys who are past thirty and looking like the only viable option. Surely someone other than Woodcock should be getting starts at LH, and should have been for a few years. Waiting till they are well and truly past it to start transitioning younger guys in some of these areas may well come back to bite us. [/QUOTE]
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