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Big prop makes great break, then things get a little hairy

Tighthead props rarely practice what to do after they make an electric break.

TIGHTHEAD PROPS SO rarely make breaks in threatening positions, that it isn’t all that surprising that they usually look to truck over the nearest defender rather than spray a pass out wide.

Sale prop Vadim Cobilas completely bamboozled Saracen’s Duncan Taylor with a show-and-go last Saturday, but then he went off script.

Rather than seek contact, he fired a no-look missile across his body, which luckily for him, was expertly controlled by wing Tom Brady and finished off.

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There is a look on his face a split-second before he throws the pass that says ‘why didn’t I spend more time honing my open-field handling skills?! Oh ye, I’m a tighthead prop. That’s why!’.

Still showed great awareness to outfox the Sarries centre though.

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