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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2015 Six Nations] Wales vs England (Round 1)
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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 706670" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>Surely that's a <em>massive</em> black mark against Haskell then?</p><p></p><p>If you're going to be critical of a FH not dominating a number 8 in a tackle then you have to absolutely nail a blindside flanker for not completing a tackle on a number 8 making a blindside break.</p><p>He has two jobs at that scrum, to push and to smash anyone who comes down his channel.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think anyone is disputing that, or saying that losing ground in contact isn't a weakness.</p><p></p><p>But until the net result of his defensive qualities gets to the point where it cancels out or overrides his positive traits then it's completely redundant calling him out on it.</p><p>Unless we are talking about positional or technical flaws, but we aren't, for the most part... people are just reiterating the fact that he's tiny - which unfortunately, he can't do much about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 706670, member: 67273"] Surely that's a [I]massive[/I] black mark against Haskell then? If you're going to be critical of a FH not dominating a number 8 in a tackle then you have to absolutely nail a blindside flanker for not completing a tackle on a number 8 making a blindside break. He has two jobs at that scrum, to push and to smash anyone who comes down his channel. I don't think anyone is disputing that, or saying that losing ground in contact isn't a weakness. But until the net result of his defensive qualities gets to the point where it cancels out or overrides his positive traits then it's completely redundant calling him out on it. Unless we are talking about positional or technical flaws, but we aren't, for the most part... people are just reiterating the fact that he's tiny - which unfortunately, he can't do much about. [/QUOTE]
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