Quote Serge A. Storms="Serge A. Storms"Put the Kiwi forwards with the Aussie backs and you have one hell of a side - the hookers apart - Aussies don't have any real star forwards'"
They don't need to, they have proper halfbacks who can really control games so don't need a "creative" loose forward, they also have quality centres who can make the most of the ball they get. Our halfbacks tend to be one trick ponies, Pryce would probably make something close to a genuine international centre if he tried but his feint and side step do nothing at the highest level, McGuire's fine with his speed and support play but ropey in defence, not a particularly great tactical kicker and isn't going to create a lot against an Aussie side, Burrow is a bit of a novelty with his scampering runs taking advantage of poor lateral movement in the big men, but then he gets his arris handed to him on a plate by Stan the Man and some kid from the NRL reserve grade when England played PNG.
The Aussie forwards are comfortable in the knowledge that the halfbacks will guide them around, all they need to do is the grunt work and stick to the game plan. Our forwards don't have the same level of structured game plan so we end up expecting more from them.
