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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
Second Test: Australia vs. British and Irish Lions (29/06/13)
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 579917" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>On the Croft debate, I see it as somewhere in between the two opinions of him. He adds a huge amount to the lineout, more than any other backrower on tour. He's usually utilised at the tail for Leicester and England, but he was used at the front in the first test. For me this invalidates his usefulness, because there were other players capable of doing that role, namely both second rows. We should have taken a little more risk, and moved Croft back and attempted to get some good off the top ball for Davies, BOD, North and Cuthbert to really attack midfield.</p><p></p><p>I do have a slight issue with his workrate, especially his tackle count. For a blindside to make fewer tackles than both centres is not ideal. But this could be for numerous reasons. One of which being Polock's interpretation of the breakdown. As the Lions were prevented to compete at the breakdown there was no point Warburton trying, as such he may have decided to play more of a blindside role, taking the tackling duties, allowing Croft to play wider out.</p><p></p><p>My preference is for a blindside to do a little more work, but I understand that is just an opinion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure this is all that important, not when the Lions have two of the best rucking centres in world rugby. Both Davies and BOD are great in the tackle area, Davies excelling at counter rucking, and BOD at getting over the ball to force a turn-over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 579917, member: 13739"] On the Croft debate, I see it as somewhere in between the two opinions of him. He adds a huge amount to the lineout, more than any other backrower on tour. He's usually utilised at the tail for Leicester and England, but he was used at the front in the first test. For me this invalidates his usefulness, because there were other players capable of doing that role, namely both second rows. We should have taken a little more risk, and moved Croft back and attempted to get some good off the top ball for Davies, BOD, North and Cuthbert to really attack midfield. I do have a slight issue with his workrate, especially his tackle count. For a blindside to make fewer tackles than both centres is not ideal. But this could be for numerous reasons. One of which being Polock's interpretation of the breakdown. As the Lions were prevented to compete at the breakdown there was no point Warburton trying, as such he may have decided to play more of a blindside role, taking the tackling duties, allowing Croft to play wider out. My preference is for a blindside to do a little more work, but I understand that is just an opinion. I'm not sure this is all that important, not when the Lions have two of the best rucking centres in world rugby. Both Davies and BOD are great in the tackle area, Davies excelling at counter rucking, and BOD at getting over the ball to force a turn-over. [/QUOTE]
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