No...he hits hard and low, doesnt allow the runner to gain his front or poke through the ad-line. Obv. not 100% of the time but enough to make the difference...
Which, incidentally, is why i like Kobe as a potential breakout player here.
Good defensively, wins the ruck, slows the play the ball down due to his tackling technique.
If you are trying to turn our defensive stats around from last year - makes perfect sense to start that process like this.
Won't be pretty, but watch his involvement early in each opposition set in yardage. He will there hitting hard and early...
It's not the "squad" more than it is what can you do with it.
Need i remind everyone Brisbane had one of the worst defensive records in the league last season, and one of the worst yardage in metres gained per match. Can anyone find a team that turned both of those around to be one of the leagues best in just 26 rounds of football?
That will take time. Is Madge the guy to do it? He's been away from this level of football for a while, has the game passed him by? Dunno, but it's a legit...
Yeh....if i stop squinting....theres very little there isn there...
I wonder if this is the season where the "feel-good" signing of our summer was Ben Hunt...
...where as the signing the team "needed" was a NRL standard second rower...?