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Spring Tour: Australia v Wales -2nd Test. (16/06/2012 10:00GMT)
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 511637" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Sorry, but I don't agree. It's all well and good blaming players for single instances like Warburton giving away a penalty and someone collapsing the maul, but Wales were barely in that game because of some very poor kicking from Priestland. Only his inital kick-off and penalty kick to touch in the first few minutes were of any decent quality, the rest were abysmal up and unders that were a good 10-20m too long. The ball either needs to be contestable, or it needs to be kicked into touch and reach the stands at that to prevent quick throws. It doesn't really matter how good the rest of his game was, the simple truth is that his kicking today gave us no territory to even think about using our backline, that backline who should be ripping teams to shreds.</p><p></p><p>It's just infuriating to see players like Beck, Jon Davies, North, Cuthbert and Halfpenny get absolutely no opportunities to attack the Aussie defensive line in the Aussie 22. With Pocock on top at the breakdown trying to run from our own half was a death wish.</p><p></p><p>Edit. Just like to add that I've always been a fan of Priestland. Along with Olyy, I was one of the first to really sing his praises. He delivered in the WC, and he had his moments in the 6 nations (Davies' first try in Dublin for example), but since then he's been dire. His strengths are how he brings the players around him into the game, but he can't do that if he first can't secure field position for the team.</p><p></p><p>Of course there were other failings today, some of which Wales couldn't really do anything about (the inconsistent reffing of the breakdown), but I still feel the kicking game was by far the biggest issue today, along with the lineout in the first half, both of which just gave Aus free ball. Our defence was great (other than for Aus' try), but if that hadn't have been the case we could have been on the end of a real hiding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 511637, member: 13739"] Sorry, but I don't agree. It's all well and good blaming players for single instances like Warburton giving away a penalty and someone collapsing the maul, but Wales were barely in that game because of some very poor kicking from Priestland. Only his inital kick-off and penalty kick to touch in the first few minutes were of any decent quality, the rest were abysmal up and unders that were a good 10-20m too long. The ball either needs to be contestable, or it needs to be kicked into touch and reach the stands at that to prevent quick throws. It doesn't really matter how good the rest of his game was, the simple truth is that his kicking today gave us no territory to even think about using our backline, that backline who should be ripping teams to shreds. It's just infuriating to see players like Beck, Jon Davies, North, Cuthbert and Halfpenny get absolutely no opportunities to attack the Aussie defensive line in the Aussie 22. With Pocock on top at the breakdown trying to run from our own half was a death wish. Edit. Just like to add that I've always been a fan of Priestland. Along with Olyy, I was one of the first to really sing his praises. He delivered in the WC, and he had his moments in the 6 nations (Davies' first try in Dublin for example), but since then he's been dire. His strengths are how he brings the players around him into the game, but he can't do that if he first can't secure field position for the team. Of course there were other failings today, some of which Wales couldn't really do anything about (the inconsistent reffing of the breakdown), but I still feel the kicking game was by far the biggest issue today, along with the lineout in the first half, both of which just gave Aus free ball. Our defence was great (other than for Aus' try), but if that hadn't have been the case we could have been on the end of a real hiding. [/QUOTE]
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