Spot on.
Its a habit many get from playing or watching league I suspect.
Their first instinct is to try and beat the man (or men) with footwork and when that doesn't work there's a hail mary pass with a note saying "do your best".
There was very little indication of team play. OK so they may not have been together for long but one pairing who were particularly bad in this regard play together at school.
IMHO - this is the major difference between loig and union and introducing the loig style is hampering us at all levels - sheesh even Deans seems to think the game is about one on one match-ups.
Rugby is still a team game.
A big 'Alleluia' and 'Amen' to Brother IS!
After viewing a U/20's <insert car company> cup game (thank you HJ for this line) over the weekend I was dismayed at the skill level in attack and the inability of all concerned being unable to string several passes together. Admittedly the same group couldn't collectively string a coherent sentence together if they tried, but they're words not passes!
Anyway, attending this game with me was my cousin from the UK who had brought out a Lion's touring group and wanted to catch an U/20's game. He is also involved in a Sussex County age group team. His take on the match was as follows; firstly the physicality was amazing (and it is); however, the Sussex U/16's had better ball skills!
I had to agree wholeheartedly as I too had viewed U/16 SJRU rep games in recent times that would embarrass U/20's players! My cousin was only able to count 6 occasions when the ball was passed through more than two sets of hands for the entire game!