Quote: lefty goldblatt "The hiring/bringing in for pre season classes of [i wrestling coaches[/i by clubs, has slowed down our game hugely, in the last decade. No wonder we can't compete and beat the Aussies.
I watched the second SoO a couple of weeks ago (nowt better to do), and was amazed with the speed of their play the balls. Yes, of course their game had some [irough stuff[/i, but it's good biff, and they get on with the game.
Ours is just petty niggle, and dragging teams down to a lower level.'"
Yeah I agree. The slowing down tactics aren’t part of the roughing up for me. It’s going that extra effort in a tackle, not just just take a man down but to hammer him down and give him a push in the head on your way back up. Letting him know you’ve had him. That’s what the whole Aussie game is all about. There’s loads of hard tackles and intimidatory stuff but the PTBs are cleaner and faster than ours because they aren’t bothered about turtling, holding down, pulling arms, pretending to be trapped in.
