Re: Loose Forward : Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:59 am
Him wrote:
The loose forward can be whatever role you want them to be.
It'll depend on the make-up of the rest of your team. If you're light up front you can put a prop eg Bailey there. If you need some pace you put a quick second rower there eg JJB. If you need some creativity/structure/whatever you put that kind of player there.
The seeming demise of the ball playing loose forward has been more to do with the rise of the fullback being used as a pivot or creative player rather than just defensive or support player, in my opinion.
It'll depend on the make-up of the rest of your team. If you're light up front you can put a prop eg Bailey there. If you need some pace you put a quick second rower there eg JJB. If you need some creativity/structure/whatever you put that kind of player there.
The seeming demise of the ball playing loose forward has been more to do with the rise of the fullback being used as a pivot or creative player rather than just defensive or support player, in my opinion.
That's about it. Teams either use that extra "middle" player, or often though double up on the left side (because everyone passes better to that side) effectively having an extra centre/second row there.