During the recent Internationals versus SA, I believe our scrum half had kicks charged down on at least 3 occasions, I don't think we interfered with SA on any occasions, we (Ospreys) also had many kicks charged down, basically using the same system as Wales. For a start it takes longer to set up the train, when the scrum takes an age to get the train into position, whereas just putting one tall or large player takes very little time, as long as the said player doesn't do what Peter Steph du Toit did and interfere with the man trying to do the charging down, it gives the opposition team much less time to get set up.
The other thing I would like to see is the speed of our players in thought and deed in getting into position in two's and three's to again receive the ball from rucks and mauls, next season with quick players like Morris, Griffiths, Morgan and Tipuric available for a lot of the season and decent carriers like Lake, Parry, Thomas and again Morris, there is no need for the ball to be given to one up runners, all it needs is a couple of weeks of top level coaching, the top teams in our League don't send in one up runners, only in emergencies, we also need to eradicate these plays out of our system.
Please discuss and what else would you like to see added to our plays to make ourselves more competitive next season.
So, brought this topic of mine back from a season and a half ago, this could have cost us our game again yesterday, it takes an age to set these trains up, whereas putting a large man about a metre to the side of the ruck for the scrum half to kick with total protection, not charged down as Lousi did yesterday. If that ball had bounced up into Lousi's hands that was a certain 5 points and could have been 7.
Do our Coaches actually watch other Teams to pick some plays that we could use, RMW is slow in getting to rucks and mauls and his kick after lifting the ball is also slow, you only have to look at the way Tomos Williams gets the ball away, as illustrated by his performance yesterday, it was a joy to see.