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Message: [QUOTE="Thelmus, post: 2896410, member: 8988"] What I noticed is a lot of bodies in motion before the line. They weren't so doggedly determined to go through the "bend the line, quick play the ball" tactic that seems behind every play now a days. They might forego a metre or two to put doubt in defenders, and possibly make a brake. These days it almost is a cardinal sin to be tackled before the advantage line, unless your a flashy half. Momentum is the only game in town now. The speed of the game is such the old days of creativity beyond the spine has been sacrificed for ever more bigger, faster, stronger bodies. Defence has won over offence with the precision and fluidity of synchronised swimming, such is the lines coordination. Even the best attacking players are left impotent against a fresh defensive line and rarely is a player expected to tackle one on one. Its a shame because, watching Gavin miller make something out of nothing had a beauty of spectacle (for me at least) unmatched by any number of in goal grubbers or bombs of the modern game. The best tries are the ones that seem to come from no where. Its only when two side are locked in a tight battle around the 60 or 70 minute mark the something like that might happen. Then is purely exhaustion rather than creative ball play that has won out. [/QUOTE]

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