Gib the Pom
Reserve Grader
Same old pattern appearing again.
We get some good ball and apply some pressure and appear to be getting on top - make an error, gift opposition the ball, our defence flounders and they score. Seen it all year.
Our problems start in the middle - either they dominate the tackle and get a quick play when our players are still trying to get back or they get an offload. Means we're slow off the line, can't slide and we end up jamming in and they go around us. Yes the damage is caused out wide and yes we're poor at defending out wide - but we're equally as poor in the middle which is where our problems originate. Unless Matty B or Jake T are doing the tackling we seem to get dominated in the contact.
Literally nothing has changed in that respect since round 1. In our wins we often rely in periods of the game on either the opposition not getting much good ball, or bombing their chances when they do in order for us to get away with the W.
We get some good ball and apply some pressure and appear to be getting on top - make an error, gift opposition the ball, our defence flounders and they score. Seen it all year.
Our problems start in the middle - either they dominate the tackle and get a quick play when our players are still trying to get back or they get an offload. Means we're slow off the line, can't slide and we end up jamming in and they go around us. Yes the damage is caused out wide and yes we're poor at defending out wide - but we're equally as poor in the middle which is where our problems originate. Unless Matty B or Jake T are doing the tackling we seem to get dominated in the contact.
Literally nothing has changed in that respect since round 1. In our wins we often rely in periods of the game on either the opposition not getting much good ball, or bombing their chances when they do in order for us to get away with the W.