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Good article on balancing the backrow. It’s a bit of a dilemma isn’t it? Personally, I would still take a backrow of Pocock at 6, Hooper at 7 and Naisarani at 8. Naisarani is a decent carrier of the ball in the heavy channels and most importantly, is a jumping option in the lineout too that compensates for the shorter Hooper and Pocock being there.
While Australia do like their 6 to play in a pod outside the 10 in their own 22, Pocock is a decent option there running against other backrows and centres. Once the ball is between the 22’s, the 6 usually slides out to the 15m channel on the right. As Pocock’s hands for the first try against Samoa showed, he’s pretty decent on that right wing.
You could also go for a more orthodox backrow with Dempsey at 6, Pocock at 7 and Naisarani at 8 but it’s hard to justify not having Pocock or Hooper in the team.
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Superb stuff Nick. Interestingly, looking at England’s defensive lineout against Ireland in the World Cup warm-up game, they also like to put their two second rows in the air. That space on the 15 metre line could see a lot of action this weekend.
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