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[RWC2019][Pool A] Round 4 - Japan vs. Scotland (13/10/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 967683" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>Selections and tactics are the main issues.</p><p></p><p>As much as Townsend says he wants to play a free-flowing, pacy style, he doesn't really back it up with his selection. Leaving Rory Hutchinson and Huw Jones in favour of Pete Horne (who was pretty awful BTW) and Chris Harris seems completely at odds with the style they were trying to play? Similarly, Duncan Taylor was a fine player pre-injury, but given the amount of time he's had on the sidelines, picking him seemed like a unnecessary risk that was always unlikely to bring that much reward.</p><p></p><p>A fit Hamish Watson, Sam Skinner and Ali Price would have helped, but I don't think they'd have made enough of a difference.</p><p></p><p>Still, there's a decent platform to build on. Ditch the deadwood and build around younger players like Ritchie, Graham and Hutchison.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 967683, member: 59968"] Selections and tactics are the main issues. As much as Townsend says he wants to play a free-flowing, pacy style, he doesn’t really back it up with his selection. Leaving Rory Hutchinson and Huw Jones in favour of Pete Horne (who was pretty awful BTW) and Chris Harris seems completely at odds with the style they were trying to play? Similarly, Duncan Taylor was a fine player pre-injury, but given the amount of time he’s had on the sidelines, picking him seemed like a unnecessary risk that was always unlikely to bring that much reward. A fit Hamish Watson, Sam Skinner and Ali Price would have helped, but I don’t think they’d have made enough of a difference. Still, there’s a decent platform to build on. Ditch the deadwood and build around younger players like Ritchie, Graham and Hutchison. [/QUOTE]
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