post wrote:
I blame that on the dumbing down of the second row position and it makes me angry when they call them middles. There’s an art to playing prop and an art to playing second row. Look at Liam Farrells line running last night, Willie Isa and Navarette put a shift in but don’t understand the intricacies of playing in the forwards, and they couldn’t run those lines in a month of Sunday’s. This ultimately is what is making the game poorer to watch.
Don't think anyone calls SR's middles.
Middles: 8, 10, 13; as they play down the middle.
11, 12: Left and right edge (cos they play left and right edge of the middle)
1: Full back
2,3,4,5: outside backs
9: dummy half
6, 7 left and right pivot
These names are far more true that the old names to be fair.
9 doesn't hook the ball in the scrum
8 and 10 don't prop up the scrum
3 and 4 don't play in the centre of the pitch
7 doesn't play off the half of the scrum
6 doesn't stand off the 7 or even play in the 5/8 anymore
The old positional names are more true of the other code.