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He needs to be put on in the latter stages of the first half, to change things up at the scrum base. And then we get to change it up again during the second half when he comes off.
Tackles inside the 20 with SFA results is BA's bread and butter.
It would be an interesting stat to see how many tackles in the opposition 20 result in tries. I would guess we’d be 17th on that metric.
But the coach plays Lane for a full 80mins, so I can't see him getting dropped straight up. Maybe to the bench with less minutes first?
His WPYSA18 is very low as well. But he is just a placeholder right now. He's what we can afford.
Honestly, who gives a f**k? BA can’t work a bench rotation, why even bother?
True, can’t help bad luck and being a tinpot club in the middle of nowhere with no supporters or commercial base.
I think Brad Arthur wanted Lussick based on what happened in 2022. If he wanted the bare minimum he have stuck with Hands.
But our Shapes were real good!!
Dropped for two games then back to plodding like nothing has changed like Sivo.
Shut the f**k up merkin, they were BBQ shapes nobody likes those.
Tonight we got the one two punch
I predict so. Because we're that good...
He just doesn’t value the hooker role. I said it a while ago, his entire coaching career coincided with Cameron Smith being the single most influential player who’s ever put a boot on, and still BA was/is more comfortable playing blokes like Kaysa Pritchard or Joey Lussick or Cameron King or Nathan Peats than any hooker with a shred of creativity who might actually make something work in attack. Mahoney is the obvious exception, and he was jettisoned as soon as his contract was up (and I personally don’t rate him, but he offered more in attack than any hooker for us since probably Brad Drew).
Boods and Guymer both warmed up on field with the big boys today. BA was sending a message. Expect either or both to be included in the 21 shortly.
At least now you're not trying to claim Lussick's any better than he plays - unlike your style adopted for Hodgson last year, who you still continued to put across as god's gift despite the obvious on field evidence.
The Broncos scrambled very well. We carved them up but converting tackle breaks to tries wasn't easy. They have a great side. Very very fast.
Crash plays are one of those tactics teams use to shape the defence, like kicking behind early in the count. They are about keeping the defence honest. Crash plays also work over the opposition's middle defenders, to fatigue them. James Graham used an interesting term for it in the post game: "dragging them into deep water". Fatigued middles have less juice for cover defence. It happens to us all the time, and when we win (remember that?) we have invariably done it to the opposition.
