Mild mannered Janitor wrote:I am not aware of any player, let alone any winger who can jump from a standing start (due to the accuracy of the kick they are defending) to win the ball from an on rushing attacker the majority of the time.
This is a weakness for every team and the reason the high kick is so successful for all teams.
I wouldn't be overtly worried, its just one of those things.
Thats the thing, 9 timesout of 10 the defending winger is flat footed and on his own try line, where as the attacking winger has a 10m or more run up and leap.
It is down to his centre/second row to try and combat the attacking wingers run and give himsome form of protection, but the thing they are weary of is leaving the man they are marking in case there is a pat back.
Agree we need to put more pressure on the kickers though, buti suppose the thing this highlights is it was the only way Wigan could break us down all night !!
