Sanzar, they're trying to come up with obsure reasons why Union is dying a slow death in Australia, rather than address the actual problem of why it is.
They gave their answer in market research polls carried out by ARU authorities. I watched two games today...NZ vs England and Ireland vs South Africa. In both games we heard comments on the lack of line breaks....England coach was asked about it in his post match interview..paraphrase; "apart from Jonny May's run is it a concern there were very few runs through their defence", and in the Ireland game, commentator Mark Robson said in the 77th minute that Ireland won't be bothered its been a game of few line breaks.
Line breaks are an endangered species. The first game the crowd was silent for long spells. The one thing that gets people excited is runs that breach the defence...what made Lomu Rugby's first superstar. We got that with Jonny May's try but that was pretty much it. The second game in Dublin the atmosphere sounded better (though that's cause we were winning not how we were winning)....I cant recall us breaking the South African defence...the best moment of the match we had to kick over it for Tommy to collect the bouncing ball and score.
The emphasis now appears to be bulking up in the gym and stifling opponents. Aussies can see what is happening, it's a pity others can't (or don't want to).
They gave their answer in market research polls carried out by ARU authorities. I watched two games today...NZ vs England and Ireland vs South Africa. In both games we heard comments on the lack of line breaks....England coach was asked about it in his post match interview..paraphrase; "apart from Jonny May's run is it a concern there were very few runs through their defence", and in the Ireland game, commentator Mark Robson said in the 77th minute that Ireland won't be bothered its been a game of few line breaks.
Line breaks are an endangered species. The first game the crowd was silent for long spells. The one thing that gets people excited is runs that breach the defence...what made Lomu Rugby's first superstar. We got that with Jonny May's try but that was pretty much it. The second game in Dublin the atmosphere sounded better (though that's cause we were winning not how we were winning)....I cant recall us breaking the South African defence...the best moment of the match we had to kick over it for Tommy to collect the bouncing ball and score.
The emphasis now appears to be bulking up in the gym and stifling opponents. Aussies can see what is happening, it's a pity others can't (or don't want to).