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I know I have said this before, but for those that came in late:
Yak had a tough season last year because it was the first year in several seasons that he was required to play 80 minutes of rugby each week (not ten or so as Gregan's understudy)...
I am informed by those that know that the mindset / fitness / preparation for regular starters is different from that of regular benchwarmers...of which yak was one for so long. It can take a season to get that mindset / fitness / preparation right. If you need convincing checkout the tape of Maximus' first season with the Tahs after switching from the Reds - he had a shocker (by his own admission) but in season two he was selected for the Wallabies.
Its great to see that Yak has well and truly got the splinters out of his bum that were distracting him last year. He has been solid in defence and his running game is very strong - now if he can clean up on his delivery and nail all his passes Gregan will be his understudy come France.