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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 2977538, member: 9052"] How exactly do you think Cam controls the speed of the ruck without wrestling?? Their best wrestler in defence is Glasby... and in attack all their forwards are focussed on finding their front. Next best wrestling team is Roosters (although it's Melbourne and then daylight) and where'd they finish with Friend controlling the ruck. Melbourne's attack has been pretty poor this year but it's their emphasis on the ruck that is winning games this year. They know that you score off quick play the balls. If you've been watching the game tonight you would have noticed that every storm player running the ball is prioritising finding their front to generate a quick play the ball. Once the play the ball has happened Slater and Smith switch the team into gear. Munster made a half break through Lewis and then succumbed to Townsend holding on by a finger, but came up with a lightning play the ball. It was followed by a forward who basically surrendered creating another quick play the ball and then an inside ball to Slater who cut through and only just got stopped. On the other side of the ball every player knows the goal is to get them onto their back and slow the ruck... it's not illegal what they're doing (mostly) it's just a philosophy of their defence that if they're on their back they can't play it quickly and hence they can't get easy tries [/QUOTE]

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