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Message: [QUOTE="Kooly87, post: 3082220, member: 9326"] Anybody else of the opinion that we may need to consider employing a really noted defender in the Lock role this season? If we are mostly of the opinion that Macca will be out of the starting Dummy Half role come Round 1, we are losing a pretty hardworking middle defender. Granted, Turpin is no slouch, but Macca does make a ton of tackles and his workload will definitely be missed at some point. Just thinking it might be time to look at a more traditional Lock Forward who gets through plenty of defensive work as we have already had plenty of defensive issues last season and with Macca dropping out there is potential for that to get worse. We have some of the most effective Front Rowers and middle Forwards in the comp, all capable of playing big minutes and getting through lots of work including our interchange middle Forwards, so I think in that sense we could probably afford to run a little short in the Lock role for attacking impact (playing a third Prop like most teams) if we were trading it off to ensure our middle defence was tighter and more effective overall. [/QUOTE]

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