Nomads vs Mississauga Blues
Jun. 26th, 2008 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chickenfeetThe U16 played the Mississauga Blues last night at Fletchers. Again the turnout was good, especially for a mid week game. We had 31 boys dressed though we were a bit thin in some departments, notably the second row. We played well. We ended up 32-12 winners and everybody got some playing time.
There were some things to really like. The forwards worked well as a unit and outplayed their pack in all phases of the game. There was some good tackling close to the rucks and mauls and the kicking from hand was good. Our backs looked good when they got the ball out wide.
Not so good. Too much running the ball into traffic instead of looking for space. The backs missed too many first up tackles. The handling wasn't as assured as it might have been. Too many tight five forwards were lurking in the backline looking to run the ball. We don't need props lumbering from deep straight back into the defence. The outside backs weren't good at getting into positions to support the ball carrier nor were they quick enough to get involved at the breakdown when that was needed.
So, all in all, things to work on but from a pretty solid base.
There were some things to really like. The forwards worked well as a unit and outplayed their pack in all phases of the game. There was some good tackling close to the rucks and mauls and the kicking from hand was good. Our backs looked good when they got the ball out wide.
Not so good. Too much running the ball into traffic instead of looking for space. The backs missed too many first up tackles. The handling wasn't as assured as it might have been. Too many tight five forwards were lurking in the backline looking to run the ball. We don't need props lumbering from deep straight back into the defence. The outside backs weren't good at getting into positions to support the ball carrier nor were they quick enough to get involved at the breakdown when that was needed.
So, all in all, things to work on but from a pretty solid base.
