@antipodean said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@kiwimurph said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@antipodean said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@kiwimurph said in BLEDISLOE 3:
Fancy backline moves were used (which led directly to Hodge's opening try) when the conditions called for keep it simple stupid.
The problem wasn't a fancy backline move; it was Sopoaga throwing a panicked ball because he was pressured.
The reason Sopoaga was under pressure was because the ABs tried a move where Aaron Smith got the ball on the right hand side of the scrum and threw it back left across the scrum to Sopoaga. A fancy move that wasn't required - trying to be too cute.
And a better player would have taken the tackle rather than hurl the ball away in a blind panic.
Sopoaga probably would have on other occasions too - even Carter threw a few silly intercepts and we can all agree (some Canes fans aside maybe) that he is the best of the better players.
