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<blockquote data-quote="dirty harry" data-source="post: 1156736" data-attributes="member: 86934">I can think of 2 large errors Steward has made in this RWC, and I have seen every game.Off the top of my head the chip through central in midfield by Japan Steward read late, and let it bounce and could&#039;ve resulted in Japan try.And against Samoa biting in while in the line because McFarland had George&#039;s outside shoulder, this led to Samoas try (although May&#039;s attempt of a cover tackle after the break was nothing short of an embarrassment). Outside of that there has maybe been a few positional issues. He has made a try saving tackle v Samoa, Scored v Japan cross field kick, made a try saving catch v Argentina (arguably), and has been involved in the build up of 2 other tries.I have Steward as up there with best performing backs for England, however I recognise that&#039;s a low standard currently.I&#039;m going to argue against my point for a sec, and the only thing I can think of, is that SB wants a 2nd ball playing option, and is happy to give Smith free reign in attack, with the confidence that when attacking deep Daly provides the cover, or Fiji arent as big a threat in transition from deep because they tend not to counter attack wildly anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dirty harry, post: 1156736, member: 86934"] I can think of 2 large errors Steward has made in this RWC, and I have seen every game. Off the top of my head the chip through central in midfield by Japan Steward read late, and let it bounce and could've resulted in Japan try. And against Samoa biting in while in the line because McFarland had George's outside shoulder, this led to Samoas try (although May's attempt of a cover tackle after the break was nothing short of an embarrassment). Outside of that there has maybe been a few positional issues. He has made a try saving tackle v Samoa, Scored v Japan cross field kick, made a try saving catch v Argentina (arguably), and has been involved in the build up of 2 other tries. I have Steward as up there with best performing backs for England, however I recognise that's a low standard currently. I'm going to argue against my point for a sec, and the only thing I can think of, is that SB wants a 2nd ball playing option, and is happy to give Smith free reign in attack, with the confidence that when attacking deep Daly provides the cover, or Fiji arent as big a threat in transition from deep because they tend not to counter attack wildly anymore. [/QUOTE]

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