In your opinion, who is more important to a team, the forwards or the backs?
Before you answer, I'll throw a hypothetical out seeing as though it's orf season and all...
Let's say we swap out the forward pack of the best team in the comp with the forward pack from the worst team and had them play each other. How do you think the results would change?
For arguments sake, let's call Penrith the best and the Tigers the worst.
So, Panthers forward line with Tigers backline v Tigers forwards with Panthers backline.
Who would win?
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It's not that simple as there's too many variables. Eg. if your back 3 are going nowhere for the 1st 2 tackles on a kick return, your forwards no matter how good they are irrelevant. Vice Versa if your forwards aren't laying the platform for the halves, the backs can't get on the back of that. It's all part of having a well balanced side