That players that don't know the great of the games - regardless of who they were and who they play for - is symptomatic of a lack of attachment to the game beyond the monetary aspect or for caring of the game altogether.
Knowledge about past players should form part of their initiation into a...
Presumably works on a 50% chance of getting the ball back. Are there any statistics to prove that it is a better option than the long kick? I am surprised at how quickly it has been taken up by so many clubs, regardless of the score (I may be wrong, maybe teams only do it when they want to...
Apart from the physical speed, I am also noticing we don't have forwards that take the line on, in the style that JO does. We seem to almost say "Here I come, but go easy on me.." ;-)
A few rounds into the Premiership and some of us are already dreading the prospect of another spoon...Lucky the Titans are winless (for now) so at least we have a few points on them, but for the next few games, let's brace ourselves. We'll be at the mercy of the mindset of our opposition, IMHO.
20 minutes to go and in front of packed house, and in the shadow of the great and late Keith Barnes, we put up this sort of performance? You cannot expect to be shown any sort of credibility from us. No apologies makes up for the lack of effort, discipline, dare I say belief ? makes up for this...