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International Test Matches
England Saxons v Ireland Wolfhounds Kingsholm, Gloucester; 25/1/14 KO 1700
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Olyy" data-source="post: 619379" data-attributes="member: 34990"><p>Thought that myself, too - Miller is a very good goal kicker too, he kicked for us in Biarritz the other week and slotted a 55m penalty, in pouring rain, like it was nothing.</p><p></p><p>That said, I can kind of understand sticking with Burns - he was obviously having a s**t time of it out there, and to have a note come on from the sidelines after one, or two, missed kicks would have been a real kick when he was down. I don't think he should have started as the kicker, but considering there weren't exactly a massive amount of penalty shots in the game it was probably right to stick with him (even if in hindsight the missed kicks w(c)ould have won the game).</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I was impressed with this too, and it really stood out how our guys didn't do the same. When our forwards went to tackle the Irish players in close contact they'd wrap them up and throw them down judo style, whereas the irish would chop them down. This meant that if we wanted to compete for a turnover we had to first try and get through our own man who was on the ball, rather than get straight on.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Was just a poor tactic which they didn't need to do, and didn't adapt to change.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Olyy, post: 619379, member: 34990"] Thought that myself, too - Miller is a very good goal kicker too, he kicked for us in Biarritz the other week and slotted a 55m penalty, in pouring rain, like it was nothing. That said, I can kind of understand sticking with Burns - he was obviously having a s**t time of it out there, and to have a note come on from the sidelines after one, or two, missed kicks would have been a real kick when he was down. I don't think he should have started as the kicker, but considering there weren't exactly a massive amount of penalty shots in the game it was probably right to stick with him (even if in hindsight the missed kicks w(c)ould have won the game). [COLOR=#000000] I was impressed with this too, and it really stood out how our guys didn't do the same. When our forwards went to tackle the Irish players in close contact they'd wrap them up and throw them down judo style, whereas the irish would chop them down. This meant that if we wanted to compete for a turnover we had to first try and get through our own man who was on the ball, rather than get straight on. Was just a poor tactic which they didn't need to do, and didn't adapt to change.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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