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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 2939833, member: 1847"] I actually don't think we are soft in the ruck, as a rule, at all. I think the compressed defensive structure is a deliberate strategy based on some kind of paranoia that our younger forwards can't defend, which, from what I have seen, is simply untrue. And, if there are shortfalls in individual tackling outcomes, then THAT IS a coaching issue. Tackling is ALL about technique first, and then comes a strategy based on an analysis of the particular attack we are facing. If you can't tackle one-on-one, then you don't deserve to be in the top grade, end of story. Our defensive structure is a deliberately poor strategy based on no good reason whatsoever, and the fact Manly and particularly the Storm, cut us to ribbons out wide, is proof of that unpalatable pudding (which describes our defensive efforts, by and large) [/QUOTE]

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