One day, before my eyes or his sidestep fail, Shane Williams will score one of the best tries ever seen on the field of play. I swear he will. He doesn’t really have the all-out burn to sprint and finish but my, oh, my, was his break against the Turks abso-bludi-lutley superb.
Really.
It was a belter of a game. Both side slamming the living daylights out of each other and late hits flying in almost as frequently as TWtB*. Splendid stuff. And well reffed, too, all things considered.
And before anyone complains with a ‘Why can’t they play like that against Leicester, then?’ type comment, I shall answer – Because Leicester Are Bigger, More Brutal, More Clinical and Better Organised. Watching Leicester play is like watching Will ‘Bumface’ Carling’s England play. Absolutely no frills or real ambition but awfully effective.
Horribly effective.
Dispiritingly effective.
If we can drill our teams to be clinical and brutish in contact then our endeavour and skills will out but, when teams target the close-contact-and-deck-scrabbles, we can’t build our game and use our skills. You’ve seen the results.
And, in all honesty, I can say in all truth, without bitterness, I will not be watching the H-cup final. Not because of a fit of pique, oh no, but truly, it will be insufferably dull rugby between two of the most limited teams in the competition.
So what does that tell us? Eh…
And well done to Mogg for rattling through the London marathon in less than 4 hours! It’ll be good to have you back on the pop, tiger.
*Tackles Without the Ball. (Tackle Without the Balls? – Ed)
Disbeliever wrote...
What do you mean back on the pop? He was never off it! If the other 20,000 had followed his regime he would have come first.
I salute you Mogg.
wilbach says - initially, he told me he had. but that was the drink talking.
Posted by: Disbeliever | April 26, 2007 10:00 PM