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That might change when the TRC squad gets named (and is bigger) of course.

I was just referring to what dw referenced in the pressure not giving him a chance. That will just create a scrum or ruck, which at International level you won’t be seeing pictures like turnovers above.

But if France kick long and have a chase set to allow options for Dmac then I could definitely seeing that risk reward taking play out in their favour, if that’s their plan.

Maybe you’re too fixed in your expectations?

Nice phrase ‘soft press’ but what you really mean to say is Sione T does neither one thing nor the other. He doesn’t fire out upfield and he does not call an extra forward across so he can push out on to Isgro just outside Albornoz.

So what you get in the posts view at 12:27 is a classic 3 on 2. The first forward across is struggling to get to the Argy #10, and Tuipulotu & Freeman get caught in the gaps between Argy 10, 14 and 15 without any line-speed to protect them.

The root cause is that the #13 does not not quite know what he should be doing, and uncertainty spreads like a virus.

Sure It looks like Freeman makes the mistake but you’re not seeing the underlying reason for it.

His Taranaki partner has also looked all at sea if you ask me, Lennox ending up Fakatava’s backup this year only because I think they want to lure Jacomb down south, otherwise I know about as much of Taranaki to say their play structure is completely different and neither has seemed to thrive in their respect SR team when obviously they are still highly rated (as a result of their play for the Naki).

Why the knock on Ben Earl?

Slightly less so in 2013 when two of the six provincial games were competitive and the Brums won.

Ultimately it’s about value for money. The four Aussie sides struggled towards the end of SRP with all their WBs available, if you pull out most of the WBs v the Lions it prob gets worse.

I think the Brums will be competitive again but the endgame may be that future tours of Australia may be combined with Argentina and/or the Pac Island nations.