Ian Madigan

But that wasn't the case last night.

No, I think we should, and I don't think just off the back of the game last night that I think that we can't.

coming up against the likes of guillard like what a ball carrier he was like he was he was skittling our biggest and best tacklers um and so that was just size in his case that's just their size size is one thing but it's also power and it's also subtle footwork okay um you know quite often the best ball carriers i've played with like i think back to let's say sean o'brien um

he had actually really nice, subtle footwork right as he's about to get tackled.

And the difference with that is if you're just a big body and you run straight, you're going to get whacked, especially at this international level.

But if, you know, a slight bit of deception and a little movement and you think they're going to be there and suddenly they're not, you catch them with your bicep as opposed to your shoulder.

That's the difference between a dominant tackle and one that's, you know, you could potentially slip off.

We did.

And even when we did pass, there was a clunkiness to our passing.

And again, we're talking about international rugby here.

It's at the very top level.

The margins are so tight and you have to be able to control the controllables to give

the player who's going to be in possession after you, the best chance to read the opposition, pick the best option.

And there was a clumsiness to some of our attack.

The initial pass from Gibson Park or Josh or passing in the middle of the field, there was just a lack of accuracy.

There was a lack of cohesion.

But as regards the kicking itself and the aerial contest, focusing on the first half,

You know, we kicked the ball 15 times, of which 40% was contestable, which is actually a great stat, and actually full credit to Gibson Park.

So they kicked themselves good.

Putting them in the right areas, yeah.