Everything here is spot on, especially the positional side as Westerman is waste as a 2nd row.

We need to run a second phase more than anything IMO, Although this would probably come under the basics

youve got to think that if we can do the basics right, such as 5 good strong carry's and then a good kick at the end, then that should stand us in good stead.....
its not a hard complicated game, so why try to complicate things.......

These are the big four for me. I would also add support play to this and not only from breaks but there should be a push on almost every play as sometimes the push is what creates the break.

Defensively if we have better line speed and improve our technique (easily said I guess) then we would be a solid unit.

Offensively is we can learn to find our feet quicker and push on plays 2-5 and support any breaks then should be able to score more points more easily.

The kicking game can win and lose you matches and right now ours is awful.


It's funny (well it's not actually) but watching Andy Last in the U20's video his team talk before the game was absolutely spot on. He watlked about intensity, technique, pushin on every play etc etc and seemed to be saying exactly what we bang on about on here.

The speed of our passing is pedestrian. Look at how fast teams like Wigan, Wire and Saints move the ball along the line compared to us. This is obviously achieved through plenty of hard work on the training ground and appears to be a skill that the team don't seem to practise. The better teams have their attacking lines more organised; they run from deep, hit the ball at pace and support the man with the ball. Our attacking line is shallow and all over the place organisationally. And, as has been mentioned, our support play for the ball carrier is pathetic.