04-02-2019, 08:44 AM
(04-02-2019, 08:41 AM)crashlander link Wrote:I know our coaching staff are not that fond of the 'run with player'. I things were otherwise, we would have more of them on our list. However, on thing we have been very poor with over the last few years is stopping the oppositions' best players.
I presume it's because young players really don't learn very much watching an opponent instead of monitoring the general play, and usually all you make the kid is an easy target for their opponent's team-mates to pick off around stoppages.
But what are we teaching the soon to be 30 year old Ed Curnow?
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"