To be fair if Smithies and Partington were playing for us like that we would be loving it. I have been impressed with them both and Byrne. None of them are the biggest but they just keep running the ball in and tackling. It is quite funny watching bigger more experienced players get rattled (Watts, Lafao and Cooper recently). The great thing is they get under the skin of an opposition prop and they then burn a load of energy running round trying to put them in their place. It must be quite soul destroying having some kid 2 stone lighter and 10 years younger that keeps getting in your face.
Yep they are sort of grubs and the black gumshield will be knocked out one day but it is interesting watching those little battles.
