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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 2805829, member: 9052"] I believe the middle forward playing at first receiver has to be a coaching tactic. In 2015 I don't remember us playing this way; however also in 2015 Canterbury had some success having a ball playing middle (primarily Graham) as first receiver and when teams see something that works they tend to copy for better or worse. It has been evident in broncos since the 2016 WCC and Blair appears to be our ball playing middle (he receives it a lot) but parker also covered when Blair was off. I believe the reason for doing it could be an evolution of having halves split either side of the ruck. By giving the ball to a middle forward (who can pass a bit) it removes your halfback from having to play first receiver and you can effectively have both halves as second receivers on the edge of the ruck. Outside looking in you would think that should work for us given we basically have two five eights anyway. Where it goes horribly wrong is when you have a quick play the ball and it goes to the middle forward who then proceeds to slow everything down. In 2015 our halves played running football and often linked together this doesn't appear to be happening anymore and it's not because Blair, Parker and McGuire suddenly want all the ball it's because it's been coached into them. [/QUOTE]

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