Why can’t Quade throw your standard pass? High percentage play is thru the hands on the catchers chest.
It’s all good and well to point fingwrs at Sorovi but there’s a reason why Quade isn’t in a Brad Thorn coaches team and it’s the low percentage razzle dazzle passes such as this which why coaches have issues with QC (Quade Cooper).
He threw a pass that was onto the catchers chest if he had run on to it. And the flick is meant to obscure the defence from reading the play. Sorovi did well to be there, he just needed to finish it off.
We moan about ball handling skills, but when we see them we moan again.
It also takes a specific occurence in an attempt to tarnish a players impact on the game. Quade played very well, had a great game, nad impacted much of the scoring - like a 10 should. I didn't watch the Drua game, but across the Country and City games, for me Quade was a step above any other 10 playing.
Thorn's coaching is turning a potentially skillful 10 in Stewart into a flyhalf version of "big bopper" centre parings. It's nothing to do with Stewart's skills - he has a nice pass, good kick and is generally robust. But wtf is he doing with his head in the rucks fetching? You're right though, I'd put that down to Thorn. Let's see how it pans out. personally I'd prefer someone like Quade guiding him in game management and picking holes.
