AS108 wrote:
A props job is to make metres, clearly he hasn’t done very well at that.
prop’s jobs are to make metres,
Others are to keep the ball moving with having an offload game, others are to get a quick PTB where they’ll drop and hit the deck on contact and get their team going quickly, others are jut tackling machines, others are to act as a front pivot with a passing game... all with metres made as a secondary aspect to their game.
Metres made is a dubious stat sometimes as well. Someone can be given clear space from a good hooker four times every game and have clean ground to run into all the time and look like they make a tonne of metres over the season. Others can take three men in the hit-up every time and drive them metres back but in that whole slow process it allows the oppositions defensive line to get back the ten and well organised. Others can just put their head down and drive forward with no appreciation for where the defensive line are under-numbered anywhere and where space is on the field, missing out on better opportunities than head down and run-in rugby.
You can have a prop who can make metres but who also has an offload game, has a step, can pass the ball and have a quick PTB. Statistically they might not be near the top in any lists but overall is better than a one trick pony with a leg drive.
That’s why our big men always do well in the NRL because Aussie props have historically and are still very one dimensional (the Aussie game in general is very much a one-out, one hit-up style... quite boring!) and our lads have numerous aspects to their game that make them stand out.
