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Any comparison of Locks comes down to the desired mix of skills between the two locks and how they work with the other Forwards.
This group shows Locks who have played for more than 200 minutes up to the end of Round 9.
Adam Coleman has close to the highest level of ruck involvement, is the strongest ball carrier and the highest success at Line Outs. However, he has the lowest tackle rate at the lowest efficiency, a relatively low TOW rate and the highest Penalty rate. Coleman must be under consideration for Wallaby selection but needs to improve his tackling and discipline.
Sam Wykes has comparable ruck involvement to Carter, Dennis, McDuling and Skelton. His Defensive ruck involvement, with Dave Dennis is the lowest of this group. This group generally has the lowest ball carries and comparable TOW. Wykes has fewer LOW than Carter and Dennis but more than McDuling or Skelton.
Steve Mafi has the third highest ruck involvement, is a strong ball carrier, the highest TOW rate, a low tackle count, and the 2nd highest Penalty rate. Mafi is currently ineligible for Wallaby selection.
Luke Jones and Rory Arnold have the lowest level of ruck involvement but show good discipline. Luke Jones is a strong ball carrier.
Will Skelton. Can somebody please explain to me how/why, on seeing his stats ytd, he should be considered an automatic selection as one of the Wallaby Locks.
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The Locks below have all played less than 200 minutes up to the end of Round 9.
Wilhelm Steenkamp has had minimal game time but is still a strong contributor in the line out and a reasonably strong ball carrier. Ruck data is based on only 35 minutes of game time.
James Horwill has a high level of ruck involvement, and tackle count but appears to have lost his impact as a ball carrier. He has the highest TOW rate of all Locks but is by far the most penalised.
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Which 4 rucks would you select for the Wallaby RWC squad?