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As ever, many people are fixating on the last 10 (or even last 2) minutes. Today the last 10, or 2, are so standout they deserve the focus IMO. To compare to football, if a goalkeeper makes 5 fines saves and keeps a team in the game but drops a monumental clanger in the last minute and they lose 1-...

As ever, many people are fixating on the last 10 (or even last 2) minutes. For me, the first 70 minutes contained some of the most cohesive periods of our entire season. In attack, we maintained field position and thus pressure until they had a player binned. We then capitalised on that period and f...

Jimmy Skitz wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:16 pm Try time OHC again, first phase move off the scrum

Freddie with another perfectly timed pass to OHC, maybe we should stick with this combination and keep the faith?

kpj tiger wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:02 pm I really do think with some coaching creativity and clarity in attack that Kelly will flourish again, his ability to do everything at a 7-8/10 really makes me think of Anthony Allen

With an attack coach, Perese at 13, and Freddie at 15, the future looks bright!

kpj tiger wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:53 pm Kelly has been playing more like a 10 and Polly more like a 12 so far

I must say he is looking better at 12 than at 13. Maybe he needs to get his hands on the ball more often to get him into his groove?

Good interview with Mike Brown on RugbyPass: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/rugbys-f ... ndividual/

He’s looking to play on past the end of his current contract and thinks that Tigers is a better fit for his personality!

Regarding Hodge, the last two games I’ve watched him play for Exeter and England A, I lost count of the number of times he decided not to pass to a teammate in a better position and instead go into contact on his own.

RagingBull wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:56 pm Hoyt has a year lost on his development due to injury, We have Cole, Heyes both looking like there are on the England radar still and now Hurd is on Scotland radar.

We certainly need to bring in another TH as cover for the international periods.

Just watched this video of the U20 tries and was really impressed by the involvements of Carnduff, I didn’t realise how impactful he was: https://youtu.be/0m_5AAoBn7s?si=vQ4EiF5uysu2BtgK

sam16111986 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:44 pm Aki is 34 and Henshaw is 30 shortly to be 31. They can't carry on forever. McCloskey is heading over to France. Ireland are going to need to develop alternative centre options, probably starting next summer.

This is true, although are they showing any signs of slowing down?

On Kelly, he isn't Munster's favourite to replace Frisch. Tom Farrell is far more likely to be it. They don't have the budget and in reality IRFU are not going to buy him out of contract, if Kelly wants to play for Ireland they can wait a year and get him for free. If Kelly wants to further his int...

Pellsey wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:21 pm Written by Fissler though...

If it were to happen, then Marchant would not be a bad replacement...

To me it seems like Marchant and Perese are similar players, both 13s?

With only 3 senior centres in the squad, it would be irresponsible to let Kelly go, even for a fee.

Random thought. If Billy V is moving to Montpellier would it be worth a quiet chat with Sam Simmonds to see if he fancied an England return. Not everyone cup of tea I know but prolific try scorer and invariably gets over the game line I think I mentioned Simmons when billy was announced, as I thoug...

We won two European finals playing two fullbacks at 14&15. Think we need to stick to Steward and Shillcock together for the rest of the season and probably next. Steward chasing kicks could be a real weapon like Roebuck is for Sale. Hopefully next season Kelly finds his mojo with Perese and pos...

It would never happen, especially as he’s just signed a new contract at Exeter but I’d love to have Feyi-Waboso at Tigers.. he is the exact sort of winger we are missing.. perhaps we can pick up someone who is a similar sort of player but isn’t going to miss half the season away with International ...