Besides the 2 Brumbies which fell over in the initial play, who else was there to chase besides Valetini?
Mcreight and Wilson started from same spot or behind Valetini, however chased through which created the 4 v 3 which lead to the overlap. I mention them because they’re also backrower and it’s a fair comparison, the only other brumbies players there were locks and props.
Disagree if you like, however I think a backrower should be chasing there, and believe it’s lazy not too.
Wilson is already sprinting in support of JOC (James O'Connor).
It's great heads up play from McReight. He's realised that a break is about to be made and he's just started bolting down field even though he's ahead of the play.
Valetini is initially trying to get across to tackle JOC (James O'Connor) but gets impeded by Hansen tackling McDermott. After that he's no chance. He's flat footed as he was trying to move laterally whereas everyone else still involved in the play is sprinting.
He probably should chase. It's just almost certainly in vain though. I reckon the bit where you could potentially question his workrate and potential laziness is a few seconds earlier. After Daugunu gets tackled, Valetini needed to push out past Petaia to add another defender on the short side.
JOC (James O'Connor) has already seen the opportunity and comes round. McDermott picks up the ball and goes around the corner drawing in Hansen so it's already a 4 on 2 at that point.
Valetini already needed to be on the other side of Petaia to bulk up their defence on the short side and cover McDermott. In that space even if the Reds had 4 on 3 it would have been hard to get through.
I daresay that in review it would be that bit that would be highlighted that his workrate needed to be better on rather than chasing the break in vain.
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