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[EOYT] Romania vs. Canada. 16/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugger" data-source="post: 606431" data-attributes="member: 12699"><p>Crowley is fine and his game plan is sound! We did score two tries this match and should have scored a third. The problem rests with the forwards, particularly our front-row.... We become particularly exposed when we play countries such Romania and Georgia who place a big emphasis on forward play. In Canada we just don't place the emphasis on developing that sort of hard-nosed forward that is going to secure ball for us and set the platform for the backs. We also don't place enough emphasis on scrummaging in any of our junior leagues such as the OUA where they use U19 scrummaging laws. </p><p></p><p>We don't really have a top-level #10 but this is less of an issue then our abysmal front-row! Personally I didn't find Jones terrible today, he wasn't great he was just average and other then one dropped ball that was def his fault I thought his distribution to the backs was OK.... He is not a kicker though and we need to look how we solve this problem now. It is ironic because I find we play a very similar style to pacific island teams in that we throw the ball around a lot and have some very dynamic backs and back-row forwards that can get around the park but we don't do the hardwork at the breakdown or the set piece very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugger, post: 606431, member: 12699"] Crowley is fine and his game plan is sound! We did score two tries this match and should have scored a third. The problem rests with the forwards, particularly our front-row.... We become particularly exposed when we play countries such Romania and Georgia who place a big emphasis on forward play. In Canada we just don't place the emphasis on developing that sort of hard-nosed forward that is going to secure ball for us and set the platform for the backs. We also don't place enough emphasis on scrummaging in any of our junior leagues such as the OUA where they use U19 scrummaging laws. We don't really have a top-level #10 but this is less of an issue then our abysmal front-row! Personally I didn't find Jones terrible today, he wasn't great he was just average and other then one dropped ball that was def his fault I thought his distribution to the backs was OK.... He is not a kicker though and we need to look how we solve this problem now. It is ironic because I find we play a very similar style to pacific island teams in that we throw the ball around a lot and have some very dynamic backs and back-row forwards that can get around the park but we don't do the hardwork at the breakdown or the set piece very well. [/QUOTE]
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