That was the most frustrating part of the match and the most obvious example of the poor decision making I referred to above.
This boneheaded macho bluster to keep taking the scrum when it was ineffective, uses up time we need and there is always the risk that the ref will give a numberwang loopy decision like he did when Bamba came on immediately drove crooked and somehow got the penalty. Had we taken the three points at the end of the first half and kicked to the corner in the later passage of play there's a good chance we could have won.
More worrying though was the fact that our only attacking tactic was to one dimensionally bludgeon away through phases like Warrenball at its worst but without allying it to the defensive solidity and other pluses of that era.
Twickenham could be a world of pain for us, I'm not sure how many of the players injured yesterday and prior might be back but we need a far more impressive display.
This boneheaded macho bluster to keep taking the scrum when it was ineffective, uses up time we need and there is always the risk that the ref will give a numberwang loopy decision like he did when Bamba came on immediately drove crooked and somehow got the penalty. Had we taken the three points at the end of the first half and kicked to the corner in the later passage of play there's a good chance we could have won.
More worrying though was the fact that our only attacking tactic was to one dimensionally bludgeon away through phases like Warrenball at its worst but without allying it to the defensive solidity and other pluses of that era.
Twickenham could be a world of pain for us, I'm not sure how many of the players injured yesterday and prior might be back but we need a far more impressive display.
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