I agree in a football sense that good defending is an art - what happened in the rugby wasn't good defending it was exploiting a loophole in the law to the 9th degree. Inevitably, the law will change so can't blame Italy for trying it
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It makes sense that a line should be formed and only the tackler can go past it if there isn't a ruck. At times they had two people either side of our no.9. Ridicules :hehe: I don't know why he persists with May, Nowell is much better. Also felt sorry for Farrell. Probably his worst game in the shirt and on his 50th cap.
I was talking purely from a football sense, a manager complaining post-game because the opposition, invariably a lesser opposition, had the temerity to not play open expansive football but instead chose to defend well.
I don’t fully get the nuances of rugby but did find your match difficult to watch. A shoot out on St Patricks weekend awaits unless we fúck up in Cardiff which is not beyond the realms of chance.