Season summary

[Sandydragon]

An example of the kind of heads-up play we need: Foxy's try.

When Amos fumbled the ball backwards, our forwards got there quickly but Webb was miles away. So many times before, we've see situations like that where we just wait aeons for our backs to realign while the defence jogs back to their stations. But this time, instead of powering into the ruck, Faletau reached down for the ball, and in one movement, flicked out a perfect long pass off the ground to Biggar - and instead of evaporating, the overlap was maintained and exploited.

And rather than looking to run into a tackler, the ball was passed before contact, then players made themselves available for a second touch. It was good, heads up rugby.

[hawkaye]

Too much is asked of a scrum half. Faletau did what more players should be able to do. Waiting for the SH simply kills tempo. Train up the entire back row to throw an accurate pass.