biffer wrote:What kind of rugby? Did you see how Toulon played at the end of the season?
This is the kind of rugby Leicester played when I lived down there.
https://youtu.be/cdJM5z5__vYThe idea that some people have that it's just stick it up your jumper, ten man rugby just shows how little they watch the game.
I'm pretty sure putting all our best tries of a season together in a video, I can make people believe that we were playing with Solomons some outstanding and nice rugby, and that we all had fun watching it. But that's not reality.
I confess I've seen very little of Cockerill's teams so far but what I've seen make me think it's based on forward power, good kicking game and astute moves in the backs.
I've not seen at all Toulon but everything I've read on it says it's not very exciting or inventive. They say it's just pragmatic, efficient with big forwards, good kickers and hard hitting backs. The only debate that has been raised by Toulon's recent run in France is: Is rugby now too dangerous and brutal ? Not the kind of debate that happens when free-flowing rugby is played.
So there's nothing to be upset about when I say it will not be great exciting rugby. I might be wrong and we could have some very positive rugby. But let's be honest: what we expect with Cockerill is winning's excitment, whatever the way we play.