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What is the best rugby position for Manu Tuilagi ?
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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 561956" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>To me, Tuilagi's size leads to a bit of a red herring. People put him in the ball-crasher category and throw him in with guys like Roberts and I don't think this is right. Roberts crashes into people, Tuilagi crashes <em>through</em> people. They both serve different purposes. Roberts is about increasing the tempo - crash and recycle as fast as possible, taking out players and opening up gaps on the next phase. Tuilagi is used as a weapon, to create breaks, gain meters and score tries. Tuilagi is better served staying at 13 imo, since the space dwindles if you move him to 12. I can see the case for him as a wing, but 13 suits him imo.</p><p></p><p>If ever there was a telling stat that Tuilagi and Roberts play completely differently, it's that Tuilagi has 10 tries in 19 games (1 in 2) whereas Roberts has 5 in 53 (1 in 10).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 561956, member: 55446"] To me, Tuilagi's size leads to a bit of a red herring. People put him in the ball-crasher category and throw him in with guys like Roberts and I don't think this is right. Roberts crashes into people, Tuilagi crashes [I]through[/I] people. They both serve different purposes. Roberts is about increasing the tempo - crash and recycle as fast as possible, taking out players and opening up gaps on the next phase. Tuilagi is used as a weapon, to create breaks, gain meters and score tries. Tuilagi is better served staying at 13 imo, since the space dwindles if you move him to 12. I can see the case for him as a wing, but 13 suits him imo. If ever there was a telling stat that Tuilagi and Roberts play completely differently, it's that Tuilagi has 10 tries in 19 games (1 in 2) whereas Roberts has 5 in 53 (1 in 10). [/QUOTE]
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