Its amazing how many people keep saying croft isnt a worker, very odd, my guess is someone on TV or in the media has said this and it has been taken as gospel.
I personaly think the safety approach to this game is possibly what will swing it in favour of the Aussies.
The Austrailian backs are still the best set of back playing on saturday and they will threaten any time they have the ball. If Genia is given half the space he had in the last game he will also cause problems.
Austraillia wont leave the gaps around the breakdown this weekend as youngs is a quicker threat there and would exploit them.
The team picked has to defend for 80 mins without a slip in concentration and that can work when you are playing a system you have played for 4 years. When you have only been playing it for the lenght of a tour that will be difficult to do.
I cant understand why O'Brian or Tupirci have not been bought in as they offer a threat in tunrover ball and Tupiric is the best linking 7 in the northern hemisphere. This would speed uop your play and offer you a threat which keeps Austrailia on the back foot.
I have the final day of my coaching course on saturday! we are starting at 6.45 so we can break for the game. Then this hell will finally be over and I will know if I have passed this damn course which has made me realise how little I know about rugby.
I personaly think the safety approach to this game is possibly what will swing it in favour of the Aussies.
The Austrailian backs are still the best set of back playing on saturday and they will threaten any time they have the ball. If Genia is given half the space he had in the last game he will also cause problems.
Austraillia wont leave the gaps around the breakdown this weekend as youngs is a quicker threat there and would exploit them.
The team picked has to defend for 80 mins without a slip in concentration and that can work when you are playing a system you have played for 4 years. When you have only been playing it for the lenght of a tour that will be difficult to do.
I cant understand why O'Brian or Tupirci have not been bought in as they offer a threat in tunrover ball and Tupiric is the best linking 7 in the northern hemisphere. This would speed uop your play and offer you a threat which keeps Austrailia on the back foot.
I have the final day of my coaching course on saturday! we are starting at 6.45 so we can break for the game. Then this hell will finally be over and I will know if I have passed this damn course which has made me realise how little I know about rugby.
