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Message: [QUOTE="The Brizz, post: 2111379, member: 1817"] Looked at the stats today and what I thought to be was in fact correct, Wallace runs less than any other halfback stalwart in the NRL: Total Runs for the season Thurston - 104 Cronk - 74 Carney - 72 Mullen - 70 Pearce - 69 Soward - 67 Finch - 62 Orford - 61 Kimmorley - 49 (He used to run a lot this just shows he is getting old) Prince - 48 (Could hardly believe this, shows his choices are great, he has still scored 4 tries and made 5 line breaks) Wallace - 46 Now Wallace has been very good this year, but watching Cronk shape to kick and then turn back inside and waltz over this afternoon highlighted to me the lack of a threat Peter is making of himself by not having the run as a weapon in his arsenal. All the best halfbacks have been great ball runners; Johns, Langer, Sterling, Thurston are all players who are/were capable of cutting defenses to ribbons because the defense are looking for a pass or kick so are backing away. Wallace has a sound passing and kicking game I would just LOVE it if he attacked the line himself if nothing else but to put the defensive line in 2 minds from time to time. You only have to watch a Knights or Cowboys match to see how damaging a running 7 can be, as Mullen and Thurston are IMO the most damaging in the game at the moment. [/QUOTE]

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