
Player to watch:Steve Price - New Zealand Warriors
Jersey Number: 8 & 10
General Skills Required by a Front Rower:
- Toughness
- Strength
- Mobility
- Ball and all defender
- Good hands
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to pack a scrum with correct technique
Considerations in Attack:
- Gain the hards yards
- Ability to offload and keep arms free in the tackle
- Clean up loose balls around the ruck
Considerations in Defence:
- Defend the centre of the ruck
- Prevent opposition forwards moving over the advantage line
- Lock the ball up in tackles preventing the offload
- Put attackers on their backs as often as possible
- Slow the play-the-ball down

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