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<blockquote data-quote="Pieter Steph du Teague" data-source="post: 982979" data-attributes="member: 72520"><p>Am I missing something about our centre stocks? Slade, Devoto, Whitten and Hill are all proven Premiership players; how many other clubs can say they have 4 specialist centres, all with 100+ Prem appearances? beyond that, Hendrickson and Bodilly have never looked out of place and Nowell's always stepped up to the plate when he's had to fill in at 13. Of the younger generation, both Karea and Wyatt have looked good when they've played for the Braves (I have really big hopes for Karea). I'd say that as far as Prem clubs go we've got better depth than most.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, I'd argue that Hill, Witty, South and Price are the only true locks we have, and 3 of those have hardly seen any senior rugby for us, and don't really look like they will in the future. Dennis, Skinner, Vermeulen and Kirsten are all good players but I'd argue all are more suited to the back row. Dennis is only 6'3, Skinner's only 111kg and Kirsten and Vermeulen spent almost all of their time in SA as back rowers. I'd also say that of the young bunch, Cory Teague is the only true lock and with all due respect to him he's hardly banging down the door. Caufield, Lonsdale, Parker-Cook and Pearson are all 6'4 or under; for a Premiership lock you really want to be looking at 6'5 or over to be more than cover. A team that's as forward orientated as the Chiefs need proper locks - not back rowers who can just about do a job there.</p><p></p><p>Basically, I think Gray would be exactly what we need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pieter Steph du Teague, post: 982979, member: 72520"] Am I missing something about our centre stocks? Slade, Devoto, Whitten and Hill are all proven Premiership players; how many other clubs can say they have 4 specialist centres, all with 100+ Prem appearances? beyond that, Hendrickson and Bodilly have never looked out of place and Nowell's always stepped up to the plate when he's had to fill in at 13. Of the younger generation, both Karea and Wyatt have looked good when they've played for the Braves (I have really big hopes for Karea). I'd say that as far as Prem clubs go we've got better depth than most. On the other hand, I'd argue that Hill, Witty, South and Price are the only true locks we have, and 3 of those have hardly seen any senior rugby for us, and don't really look like they will in the future. Dennis, Skinner, Vermeulen and Kirsten are all good players but I'd argue all are more suited to the back row. Dennis is only 6'3, Skinner's only 111kg and Kirsten and Vermeulen spent almost all of their time in SA as back rowers. I'd also say that of the young bunch, Cory Teague is the only true lock and with all due respect to him he's hardly banging down the door. Caufield, Lonsdale, Parker-Cook and Pearson are all 6'4 or under; for a Premiership lock you really want to be looking at 6'5 or over to be more than cover. A team that's as forward orientated as the Chiefs need proper locks - not back rowers who can just about do a job there. Basically, I think Gray would be exactly what we need. [/QUOTE]
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