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[EOYT] Wales v Australia, 30/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="neiliog93" data-source="post: 610399" data-attributes="member: 64297"><p>I really like Sam Warburton, he conducts himself with class in interviews (think post 2011 World Cup semi-final) . I think today, though, questions have to be asked of his leadership abilities. Others have highlighted the 12-man line-out call when a man up, which was a crazy decision. More than that though, the quality difference between Wales and Australia is very, very small, as the last eight matches show. I think the team leaders, and especially the captain, have to take a lot of the responsibility if their team consistently loses by tight margins. Those tight games are where the great leaders are separated from the good leaders, both in what they do on the pitch themselves and the effect they have via their decision making. Warburton obviously failed in the latter regard today and has done in many of the recent Australia meetings with Wales, but more worryingly he also failed in the former regard. Wales were beaten at the breakdown and Michael Hooper's presence in the game was far greater than Warburton's. He's delivered 6 Nations championships but against Southern Hemisphere opposition his captaincy has been poor. It hasn't just reflected the team's performances, it's been worse.</p><p></p><p>Lydiate was also very poor today I felt, continuing his bad start to the season with Racing Metro. Wales' only backrow positive today was Toby Faletau, who was very visible in defence and carried very effectively.</p><p></p><p>Form Welsh backrow: (?)</p><p></p><p>6.Ryan Jones</p><p>7.Tipuric</p><p>8.Faletau</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neiliog93, post: 610399, member: 64297"] I really like Sam Warburton, he conducts himself with class in interviews (think post 2011 World Cup semi-final) . I think today, though, questions have to be asked of his leadership abilities. Others have highlighted the 12-man line-out call when a man up, which was a crazy decision. More than that though, the quality difference between Wales and Australia is very, very small, as the last eight matches show. I think the team leaders, and especially the captain, have to take a lot of the responsibility if their team consistently loses by tight margins. Those tight games are where the great leaders are separated from the good leaders, both in what they do on the pitch themselves and the effect they have via their decision making. Warburton obviously failed in the latter regard today and has done in many of the recent Australia meetings with Wales, but more worryingly he also failed in the former regard. Wales were beaten at the breakdown and Michael Hooper's presence in the game was far greater than Warburton's. He's delivered 6 Nations championships but against Southern Hemisphere opposition his captaincy has been poor. It hasn't just reflected the team's performances, it's been worse. Lydiate was also very poor today I felt, continuing his bad start to the season with Racing Metro. Wales' only backrow positive today was Toby Faletau, who was very visible in defence and carried very effectively. Form Welsh backrow: (?) 6.Ryan Jones 7.Tipuric 8.Faletau [/QUOTE]
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