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Reading this it fascinates me because everyone has their own (relatively well) thought out ideas on who should be our lock but it’s literally based on everyone’s personal fantasy on what a lock should be.
Let’s look at the facts first.
The 13 (lock forward) is a forward position that is the glue end position in an uncontested scrum. Even then teams randomly out fullbacks into the scrum for a set play. The position and scrum are relatively obsolete in the modern game and everyone agrees on that.
This means the lock has become somewhat of a team handyman utility to be used as per what the coach sees fit.
What do you want your lock to do?
Some people here, like Desmond, envisage the lock to be a third prop. A battering ram to run over opposition. Hence why klemmer has played there this year.
Others see it as an extension of a back rower. A more mobile forward who can do a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
The people calling for tolman, hence my question last page, presumably see the role reserved for a workhorse who can eat up tackles and energywhilst the rest of the forwards do they thang.
Then there is the lock forward I described, the roaming ball player.
The fourth halve that can roam around spark an attack. Do run around set plays like two kids playing in a Carlingford Park. Andy Farrell, Braith Anasta, brad Fittler, our own Jim dymock and so forth.
Personally, the last one is the look forward that I prescribe too. I say this because we lack attacking spark and need all the help we can get. Our defence is one of the best, our attack is the worst. Makes sense.
Hence why for me it HAS to be Craig Frawley in the 13 next year. If there are injurires, Id even go as boxer said, Hoppa or Mbye.
Let’s look at the facts first.
The 13 (lock forward) is a forward position that is the glue end position in an uncontested scrum. Even then teams randomly out fullbacks into the scrum for a set play. The position and scrum are relatively obsolete in the modern game and everyone agrees on that.
This means the lock has become somewhat of a team handyman utility to be used as per what the coach sees fit.
What do you want your lock to do?
Some people here, like Desmond, envisage the lock to be a third prop. A battering ram to run over opposition. Hence why klemmer has played there this year.
Others see it as an extension of a back rower. A more mobile forward who can do a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
The people calling for tolman, hence my question last page, presumably see the role reserved for a workhorse who can eat up tackles and energywhilst the rest of the forwards do they thang.
Then there is the lock forward I described, the roaming ball player.
The fourth halve that can roam around spark an attack. Do run around set plays like two kids playing in a Carlingford Park. Andy Farrell, Braith Anasta, brad Fittler, our own Jim dymock and so forth.
Personally, the last one is the look forward that I prescribe too. I say this because we lack attacking spark and need all the help we can get. Our defence is one of the best, our attack is the worst. Makes sense.
Hence why for me it HAS to be Craig Frawley in the 13 next year. If there are injurires, Id even go as boxer said, Hoppa or Mbye.
