Av8r
Reserve Grader
StuBoot said:voicefromthehill said:Matabele said:Chip and Chase said:Matabele said:My only criticism is the lack of urgency when returning the kick.
The only shortcoming in Snakes game IMO. Has always been his weakpoint, and has got more tentative since the knee ops it seems. No biggie though, he more than makes up for it in other ways.
It's not just his run back. He ambles over to collect the ball, doesn't attack it in flight, often gets tackled 2-5m out which is a bad place to start a set.
Makes up for it defensively, but the amble does my head in on occasion - if only he was as good an fb as I am in my head!
Seriously?? You guys are hard markers.
It seems that eveybody wants a modern day fullback in the Slater, Barba, Bowen mould.
The Snake has remodelled his game over the years for obvious reasons, he's not the tearaway he once was but either was Dennis Lillee at the backend of his career - but still no slouch.
Why rush back for the sake of a couple of metres -you could isolate your dummyhalf, risk an error etc - when your experience and trust in your teammates and their trust in you lets you determine how/where to start the next set.
Rarely makes an error or misses tackles that should be made and his direction around the park is up there with the best.
Still the best fullback in NSW.
Well said