Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "I think there is still an opening for the very best "nippy wingers", but in general I reckon a big, bulky speed merchant crashing through the cover defence into the corner is the modern trend, and when I say "modern" I include the likes of backs like Lomu, Meninga, Grothe et al. It's not that recent a thing.'"
There's also the question of fielding high kicks to the corner. Were Jason Robinson starting his career now, I suspect he'd struggle to defend a tactic that's increasingly prevalent and is performed with a reasonable degree of proficiency by most teams. He could well have been a modern-day hooker instead.