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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2021 Six Nations] England vs Italy (13/02/21)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1018615" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>This is what I find a bit baffling, before Binny we had Ben Morgan. He didn't have the raw weight of Binny but he was by no stretch of the imagination a poor carrier, he was definitely a more intelligent player and had more skills across the board than Billy did (and was one of the best 8's at controlling the ball at the back of the scrum).</p><p></p><p>England seem to operate on the basis of if you are a big carrier you MUST run at the player even if a gap is available. The whole point of big carriers is that they try to hit smart lines like anyone else but also have the option to plough through as a last resort. It shouldn't be the first and only resort. Running at a player is fine if the aim is to fix them and pop a pass but it's so rare that someone just gets completely run over these days... Billy looks like he doesn't fight once he hits contact, he takes the initial hit but there never seems to be any desire to keep driving as you see with Curry or a perfect example is Hamish Watson, that guy just does not want to stop moving until he has been manhandled to the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1018615, member: 56232"] This is what I find a bit baffling, before Binny we had Ben Morgan. He didn't have the raw weight of Binny but he was by no stretch of the imagination a poor carrier, he was definitely a more intelligent player and had more skills across the board than Billy did (and was one of the best 8's at controlling the ball at the back of the scrum). England seem to operate on the basis of if you are a big carrier you MUST run at the player even if a gap is available. The whole point of big carriers is that they try to hit smart lines like anyone else but also have the option to plough through as a last resort. It shouldn't be the first and only resort. Running at a player is fine if the aim is to fix them and pop a pass but it's so rare that someone just gets completely run over these days... Billy looks like he doesn't fight once he hits contact, he takes the initial hit but there never seems to be any desire to keep driving as you see with Curry or a perfect example is Hamish Watson, that guy just does not want to stop moving until he has been manhandled to the ground. [/QUOTE]
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