Sparkles
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On backline plays he could get away with just running that line tbh (obviously better if he did have offer more options). It's a good line, it works, and with great pass selection it means defence slide has to hold up to cover it in case he gets it, opening chances outside or else he will be one on one with a defender on their heels. Because he is a relatively easy one on one stop in a straight run though we can't use him many other ways currently. He also doesn't come in for a crash play when hard work is required and is a bad defender.
Talakai can probably run that line 80-90% is good but is far better as a straight runner than Nikora is.
Was really thinking of having an option to hit nikora, go out the back to the fullback or say swing it straight across to the centre. We just seemed to just run that nikora play over and over and defences never had to guess what was coming. Just a second of uncertainty was all he ever needed