Connect with us

Chris Hewett

Multi-taskers who are pushing out specialists

CHRIS HEWETT
THINKING ALLOWED

CONTRARY to popular belief, hybrid players – those who can play in the pack, as well as the backs – are nothing new. Back in rugby’s Stone Age, the Springboks picked the Free State stalwart Gerrie Sonnekus at scrum-half against the British and Irish Lions, and at No.8 against England. More recently, the remarkable Levani Botia’s midfield-loose forward interchangeability made life far easier for Fiji’s selectors than it might otherwise have been.
But the game for all shapes and sizes is growing more uniform by the season, dr...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

ticketmaster

The Rugby Paper

The best betting sites

Globusbet

BetpackUK casinos on Slotozilla

the best minimum deposit £5 casinos casinobonusesfinder

Full list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com kasyna akceptujące paypal

MAN-v-FAT-RugbyFill Your Boots

free bets

online bookmakerFull list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com

GGBetBanner Depicting Therealefl.co.uk an affiliate site for Licensed UKGC Football bookmakers.

More in Chris Hewett