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The Feral Goat wrote: ultimately the coaching team came up with a plan that won us that game which is what we need in the first instance.
liveinhope wrote:For those criticising our back play remember that-admittedly post New Year-we should be able to put out a three-quarter line of:
Hoyland,Fruan/Bennett,Burleigh,Van de Merwe.
Nice thought allied to the eventual return from injury of our three international loose-head props.
The Feral Goat wrote:Someone identified Cardiffs weakness under the high ball and came up with the kicking game plan, which when well executed with well placed contestable kicks, backed up with a good kick chase gave us good field position and allowed us to put pressure on Cardiff. ......
EWT spoons wrote:Just on SHC, I thought he had a decent game, but some of his passing from the base of the ruck wasn’t the best. There were a number of passes which had the ball spinning from top to bottom (topspin) which whilst the majority would have been at a decent height, are still not the easiest to catch.
Plus he did that weird thing of picking the ball up at the ruck and putting it back in again, unless the rules have changed and I’ve just missed that, then had the Cardiff players noticed they could have come round and taken it from him.
Tichtheid wrote:EWT spoons wrote:Just on SHC, I thought he had a decent game, but some of his passing from the base of the ruck wasn’t the best. There were a number of passes which had the ball spinning from top to bottom (topspin) which whilst the majority would have been at a decent height, are still not the easiest to catch.
I noticed Fowles doing that, but not SH-C.Plus he did that weird thing of picking the ball up at the ruck and putting it back in again, unless the rules have changed and I’ve just missed that, then had the Cardiff players noticed they could have come round and taken it from him.
Clancy could clearly be heard saying "it's not out"
Tichtheid wrote:I watched the game again this morning, I didn't see Sam H-C doing it at all. Fowles came on around the hour mark and made that sort of pass at least twice.
As for the base of the ruck thing, every scrum half does that now, some even tap the ball back into the ruck with their foot. Sometimes the ball hits off their own players, meaning they are all offside, but it's never picked up on
EWT spoons wrote:
I'll watch it again tonight, but I'm certain SHC did it too, but happy to be corrected if he didn't. But I'm sure it happened a couple of times at least in the first half.
Using their feet is fine, it's the fact he picks it up and then puts it back in again, I've not seen any scrum half doing that, feet etc to move the ball around totally acceptable, but not picking up and putting back down again.
The Feral Goat wrote:I know it is a rare win TH but is that 3 times you have watched it now?
Tichtheid wrote:The Feral Goat wrote:I know it is a rare win TH but is that 3 times you have watched it now?
Aye, three times and we're still unbeaten.
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