James Parsons

decision making around turnovers like they get so many because they don't waste energy at ones that are gone like you know you see a lot of players that are good at it just constantly pushing the envelope pushing the envelope pushing the envelope but they they position themselves so perfectly not center of the field not right on the edge it's that sort of middle ground where they they um you know make hay while the sun shines and i mean the last penalty um that got

You know, it was sort of, you'd call it a mid-edge breakdown, but like the wide base, it's an art.

And because they're so strong, especially in their lower half of their body, and they get their wide base, it doesn't even matter.

Like if you lose the race, they're getting a penalty.

Yeah.

that player's to chop and that second assist guy is to just absolutely throw them to the ground to then show that clear separation.

Where Tava Tava Ngawai sets himself apart, because he's so strong, he can be the original tackler and the thrower.

Do you know what I mean?

And Leicester's the same.

Duplessis Karifi's very good at it as well, but it's something that is just, they do hundreds of reps a week over there and

like you can just see it's an automated behavior for him it's it's because like he could do it like think about when he was on the wing for tasman he could do it on the edge and each breakdown is probably the easiest ones to attack but it's become his point of difference now and like you you he has just sharpened his sword so to speak yeah through repetition repetition and now it's just an automated behavior that just

yeah there's no way because he's so quick even if you get a lavanini who can clean in iraq or or an it's a beth once they're down there you're not moving them yeah you just can't it's it's impossible the only option you have is to try and do the the roll but then you put yourself in risk of obviously with that new focus if any sort of lower limb injury happens you'll be carded

I'm just such a big fan of Leicester in the midfield.

Like, I just think he can do this role.

Like, he is so good.

Like, freakishly good.

I think if Tupou Vahie was at six, you've got your two locks, so you've got that height at line-out time, because you've got to think, like, you've also got Adi Sarvia, so if you don't have too many line-out options, you'll put your set-piece under pressure, and if your set-piece is under pressure, especially against the bigger nations, you're going to struggle to even get them in the game, because you won't have the ball.

If Tupovati's at six, I think you could carry both on the bench, one in 23 and one as the loose forward.

If you look at the amount of tight carries, and this is where it's different, like Leicester's massive impact is, I suppose, against scrambling defence or he's read something and picked.

If you look at a lot of Tava Tava Nawai's carries, he's that centre guy that comes in and almost plays that front runner of a forward pod.