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Pablo
U18 Player
- Oct 19, 2016
- 23
- 78
Last year it was our inability to slow down the ruck and prevent teams rolling us through the middle that made it almost impossible for us to win footy games. That's what happened again in the second half last night. We must find a way to slow that momentum down. For starters, if we are going to give away a 6 again, make it count. On the next tackle, hold the bloke down excessively to draw a penalty or start a bit of push and shove, strip the ball subtley (could even go our way). Alternatively, we need do what Cam Smith does and get a leg or arm caught in the ruck and make it look like an unfortunate tangle. Whatever it is, we need to give our defensive line a chance to use line speed. It is impossible while back-pedalling due to fast play the balls. We are better off allowing teams to march down the field with two strip penalties and defend them on our line than trying to scramble in defence while back peddling.