Quote M@islebugs="M@islebugs"As an adage that's as true as any in rugby league but to direct wide running second rowers onto weak defenders you need a passing game. It's not necessarily that our pack never went forward last season but matter how much time marc Herbert had he took the ball standing still. A good scrum half pulls opposition defenders out of the ruck area either to cover the pass or if steps and goes. As defenders get pulled out the hooker should theoretically direct his pack into that area or scoot himself. It's symbiosis but in recent times our halves have given our pack nothing to work with. Whether Gale/Sammut is the answer I don't know but we can only improve.'"
Quite right. I think there was one game where I thought were shown up in both areas and that was home versus Catalans. Their pack ran in with so much aggression and enthusiasm compared with ours. That had us back pedalling and Dureau's distribution had us scrambling in defence and using far too much energy. We stayed with them admirably but in the end got played off the park.
Hopefully Gale and Sammut will improve things, and I think they will. I just hope they're not getting smashed because of our slow PTB.
