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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 575412" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>I tend to disagree that a LH doesn't have to be as good a scrummager. Because as you point out the different positions of the LH and TH - the pressure is different.</p><p></p><p>For example one of the hardest things about being a LH - is actually keeping straight without that wedge. For a TH - you only really worry about keeping your back straight, but the power and resistance is evenly distributed on both sides of your body. When your playing LH - a disproportionate amount of amount of power has to be used on one side of the body to keep it straight. You also have to worry more about going forward than keeping straight. I agree there does seem to be a trend of more mobile LH props in Super Rugby - but I don't believe that it has much to do with scrummaging ability as there are plenty of TH props which are useless at LH.</p><p></p><p>EDIt: That said my viewpoint may be schewed as I'm an extremely powerful LH with the speed of a winger, the handling and vision of a first five and the sexiness of a female 20 year old Russian tennis player - but the male version.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 575412, member: 38640"] I tend to disagree that a LH doesn't have to be as good a scrummager. Because as you point out the different positions of the LH and TH - the pressure is different. For example one of the hardest things about being a LH - is actually keeping straight without that wedge. For a TH - you only really worry about keeping your back straight, but the power and resistance is evenly distributed on both sides of your body. When your playing LH - a disproportionate amount of amount of power has to be used on one side of the body to keep it straight. You also have to worry more about going forward than keeping straight. I agree there does seem to be a trend of more mobile LH props in Super Rugby - but I don't believe that it has much to do with scrummaging ability as there are plenty of TH props which are useless at LH. EDIt: That said my viewpoint may be schewed as I'm an extremely powerful LH with the speed of a winger, the handling and vision of a first five and the sexiness of a female 20 year old Russian tennis player - but the male version. [/QUOTE]
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