I suspect you dont see the defensive work that Salmon does. He reads the play off the ruck better than anyone in the team and sets the tone for defensive ruck speed.
Watch him closely especially at marker. Youll understand its these 1% ers that CC values alot at the moment.
Mann is definitely more of an attacking threat and if we keep losing, CC will have no choice but play him longer and maybe even start him. But atvthe moment the focus seems to be on defence and Salmon gets the jump.
Its the same as Hutch at 7. Unless Burton is moved so Hutch can play 6, Sexton wont displace Hutch who does a mountain of cleanup work
Agreed, he def adds starch to our defence
My only knock on Mann is I'd like to see him pass more. True, he needs runners running lines, but he also needs to call them into play. With his movement around the run, Taffe, Kikau running a line, and maybe even Critta should be all over him, waiting for a short ball when he darts out of dummy half. I like his running game, but it seems like run, run, run, pass.