who needs flankers? wrote:
Why is it whenever Cas outplay a team it is because their opponents are playing badly? One hell of a coincidence it seems this year.
Cas have been outstanding. But there are ways for professional teams to deal with fired up teams that come firing out of the blocks. You work hard, you get three or four in each tackle, you slow it down and maybe absorb a couple of penalties in trying to take the momentum away. Then when you get the ball you work hard, do the hard yards and keep it simple and play for territory. You don't calmly sling it wide on your own 40 after making 12 metres in five tackles.
Cas have been brilliant. Saints have been lazy and unprofessional. Wilkin's laugh when he knocked the kick off on said it all.
