Now there was a player who punched well above his weight/size
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Is it me or does the modern forward tend to take the ball from a shallower position?
In the old days props would steam on to the ball.
It's been 31 years, since 1974, we last won a major (trophy and) Andrew Johns and Natty (Nathan Wood), our two oldest players were born in 1974 so it's a little bit spooky,
There is a common trait in teams at this point in the season that they seem to sit back and wait for somebody to win the game for them. And we had too many of our players waiting for someone to win the game.
"interfacing at the ruck"
"winning the go-forward"
"i thought we won the collision"
Not sure I totally agree with this Paul, unless I'm getting the wrong end of the stick. It depends who the ball carrier is for me. The likes of Masoe coming from deep and catching a flat ball wouldn't matter if the defenders were close to him, the sheer momentum of someone that size hitting the collision would often result in the ball carrier at worst falling forwards, possibly getting on the other side of the defenders still on his feet (and promoting the ball) or at best breaking through.
Someone like Amor has all the courage and will but doesn't have the sheer bulk to gain momentum at contact, so yes he may not benefit in coming from deeper, but Masoe's size is a different ball game altogether.
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This is correct , as I have posted before , when Saints said they were interested in him I started to watch Penrith Panthers , he was just the same there usually made two 15 mins. spells but for such a big guy made very little impact . If/when him & Hohaia go back Saints must improve on these two .