Chris Robshaw may have to switch to six says Nick Evans

 Chris RobshawLuke Wallace's all-action displays in the Quins No.7 shirt last season will force captain to move to in the near future.
That is according to the club's own talismanic fly-half Nick Evans, who also believes it will not be long before that same combination will be working in tandem at international level.
Samoan Mo Fa'asavalu started the majority of the club's games at blindside last season with Wallace filling in at seven during Robshaw's absence.
And Evans, who has probably had the closest vantage point to judge the back row in action, is convinced that next season will see a changing of the guard at the Stoop.
Evans told The Rugby Paper: “Last season was when Luke Wallace first came through and this season he started playing more with Robbo away.
“He is just a fantastic player, he seemed to be man of the match every week. He is a guy to keep an eye on next season because he is just going to get better.
“I feel he will play for England sooner rather than later. He is an out-and-out seven.
“In the future, he will do that job for Quins with Robbo moving to six a bit more.  Mo Fa'asavalu has one more year so he might be used as an impact player, with Robbo moving to six, Luke at seven and Nick Easter at No 8.”
Robshaw's place at international level is also under threat after Matt Kvesic's outstanding performances in the two Tests against while Tom Wood, who took over the captaincy while Robshaw was rested, will take some shifting after leading England to a first clean sweep over the Pumas.
Yet far from being an indictment of Robshaw's performances, Evans says that a fresh challenge at six could be the spur he needs to get over his disappointment at missing out on the .
“His skillset would work just as well at six as it does at seven,” Evans added. “I would liken him to (former All Black) Reuben Thorne.
“That's why I think he does not get the plaudits like a Richie McCaw does at seven. Robbo does all the work that Reuben used to: clearing the rucks, the carries you don't necessarily see but that make crucial yards, the number of tackles he makes and the decisions he makes.
“Those are all things you do not see in the highlight package like you would with Richie or over the ball winning turnovers.
“He still does that but he is not an out-and-out seven. No doubt his skills would be fine there so that would allow Luke to come in at seven.
“Chris was desperately unlucky to miss out on the Lions, but I think Gats went with the players he knows.
“Of course he is hurting, but hopefully that will allow him to sit back and say what do I need do better? How can I can come back stronger and show that in my domestic form?
“He is still young enough to make the next Lions tour to , which is the one you really want to play in.”
It is not just Robshaw who has had to cope with disappointment at the club after their aspirations of retaining the title were dismantled by in a  33-16 semi-final defeat.
Yet while all of their rivals have improved their squads, Conor O'Shea's only business so far has been bringing in Paul Doran-Jones as a direct replacement for -bound James Johnston.
Evans, though, is unruffled by the lack of activity. He added: “The job the academy is doing and the players they are producing means we do not need to go out and have to bring in five or six players every season.
“One of the things Conor wants to get away from is having an ‘A' and a ‘B' team. What we have now is a squad where we can lose a guy and the team does not suffer.”
DANIEL SCHOFIED

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