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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2021 Six Nations] England vs France (13/03/21)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Olyy" data-source="post: 1026821" data-attributes="member: 34990"><p>Farrells missed tackle count, I feel, is partially overstated as well</p><p></p><p>In a blitz defence (as Sarries have, and as Mitchell, traditionally, likes) the first man isn't necessarily there to make the hit but there to force a rushed decision - if he makes the hit then great, he's tackled them behind the gainline, if not then his presence has disrupted the natural flow of the oppositions attack, forcing the receiver to make a pass he doesn't necessarily want to, or step to miss the rush defence and giving the defensive line another half second to close the gap</p><p>It was similar at Sale when Mitchell was there for his 2nd stint - Sam Tuitupou is a fantastic defender but regularly topped the missed tackle charts because he was our leader on the blitz (as Farrell is for England)</p><p></p><p>I'm not excusing Farrell's defence, because he definitely missed some tackles you'd want him to make, but I think looking solely at stats can be deceiving</p><p>The stats have Tom Curry as making 6, missing 4 - I wouldn't class him as a bad defender or anything close to one, and I definitely wouldn't have said he had a bad or even average game today, but those stats are...pretty dire, really</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Olyy, post: 1026821, member: 34990"] Farrells missed tackle count, I feel, is partially overstated as well In a blitz defence (as Sarries have, and as Mitchell, traditionally, likes) the first man isn't necessarily there to make the hit but there to force a rushed decision - if he makes the hit then great, he's tackled them behind the gainline, if not then his presence has disrupted the natural flow of the oppositions attack, forcing the receiver to make a pass he doesn't necessarily want to, or step to miss the rush defence and giving the defensive line another half second to close the gap It was similar at Sale when Mitchell was there for his 2nd stint - Sam Tuitupou is a fantastic defender but regularly topped the missed tackle charts because he was our leader on the blitz (as Farrell is for England) I'm not excusing Farrell's defence, because he definitely missed some tackles you'd want him to make, but I think looking solely at stats can be deceiving The stats have Tom Curry as making 6, missing 4 - I wouldn't class him as a bad defender or anything close to one, and I definitely wouldn't have said he had a bad or even average game today, but those stats are...pretty dire, really [/QUOTE]
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