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[RWC2019][Pool A] Round 4 - Japan vs. Scotland (13/10/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="scootz" data-source="post: 967630" data-attributes="member: 55596"><p>Congratulations Japan. Did nothing particularly fancy - triumphed by playing solid, quick, disciplined, passionate rugby. They wanted it! Good for them! Seems there's a lot of truth in the maxim that if you take care of the basics, then the result will take care of itself.</p><p></p><p>As for Scotland... ? Time to scrap this fanciful (and now frankly ridiculous) notion of playing the <em>'worlds fastest rugby'.</em> We haemorrhaged points in this tournament by rushing the play and trying to be flash. And this is no fresh revelation - we've seen it every time we've come up against Ireland (the current masters of steady game management). Such a shame as we have the players to give anyone a game on their day, but they've been misdirected horribly by the management team.</p><p></p><p>In short, the harem-scarem Townsend style of play will occasionally catch the eye and will occasionally capture the odd big scalp, but it WILL NOT win the team a tournament!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scootz, post: 967630, member: 55596"] Congratulations Japan. Did nothing particularly fancy - triumphed by playing solid, quick, disciplined, passionate rugby. They wanted it! Good for them! Seems there's a lot of truth in the maxim that if you take care of the basics, then the result will take care of itself. As for Scotland... ? Time to scrap this fanciful (and now frankly ridiculous) notion of playing the [I]'worlds fastest rugby'.[/I] We haemorrhaged points in this tournament by rushing the play and trying to be flash. And this is no fresh revelation - we've seen it every time we've come up against Ireland (the current masters of steady game management). Such a shame as we have the players to give anyone a game on their day, but they've been misdirected horribly by the management team. In short, the harem-scarem Townsend style of play will occasionally catch the eye and will occasionally capture the odd big scalp, but it WILL NOT win the team a tournament! [/QUOTE]
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