@antipodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

@No-Quarter said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:

I think a big part of the reason they are talking about locks playing 6 is they see Holland as a starter in the medium term given his attributes, so would love it if Barrett or Vai'i could make a good fist of 6 as I believe they want all three of those players on the pitch. It would also solve our height issues in the lineout and allow us to play two of the smaller dynamic loosies at 7 and 8.

Big question is whether Barrett or Vai'i can make it work at 6 - they haven't been able to in the past.

IMO it would be a big mistake to move Barrett to a position he wasn't fast enough to play years ago.

Here's Scott famously running down Jonny May in that RWC semi.

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Scott Barrett with incredible work rate to cut off Jonny May. What a start to this match. #ENGvNZL #RWC2019 #WebbEllisCup Find out where you can watch...

I watched that game not so long ago - Scott actually went pretty well - aside from that we were supposed to dominate the lineout and that plan blew up in our face.

But, 6 years later, I'm not convinced having him play 6 is a fabulous plan.

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