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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2768297, member: 8215"] We were still able to get out there and defend though - it was only some really poor efforts to wrap the ball up that led to that first try. Our defence works well because it is compressed in the middle. It just means that not only do we have to be ready to spread out wide extremely fast, but trust that the inside defender is moving with you (it's that trust that had been lost due to having rookies and whatever rift the players supposedly have). That's why the commentators have been harping on about us being exploitable by a pass back on the inside, if the inside defender is lazy then it'll leave a massive gap. Because of that, we're almost always inside our opposite number. It's also why we have to get off our line fast - most of the time the contact out wide is being made with the shoulder that's further back, so there's less power behind it but allows us to ride them to the ground. It's why Morgan in the past has been able to burn away from Glenn (the attacking half numbers up with the defending wide forward), and overpower Milf. And why Reed was almost exclusively diving to tackle his opposite on the outside (buggered shoulder notwithstanding). IMO, it is a good structure for a team that is not very big but has great lateral movement and fitness. The compressed state should mean we can get numbers in to the tackle and be tight in the ruck, and our fitness and belief means we can (should?) confidently handle it when the ball goes out wide. [/QUOTE]

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