Left vs Right

[Raikkonen]

No, this isn't a political debate.

I'm referring to our back-line attacking structures of Reynolds-Jackson-Holland-Perret/Phillips, vs Mbye, Eastwood/Williams, Morris, and Rona.

So far this season, the right side is clicking much better than the left. It was the other way around last year, with the left side working much better. Not just near the try line, from anywhere on the field.

I'm interested to see other's thoughts on what's working, and what's not.

IMO there are four key differences:

Depth - the right is set deeper, and they're running onto the ball at a faster pace

Halves line engagement & early ball provision - Reynolds has straightened up, and achieve a balance between engaging the the defence long enough to draw defenders, while still giving early ball to his outside men. Mbye has stopped going to the line as much, and often before passing he hasn't engaged any defenders, and his outside men are easily marked. The defence slides, and Morris has three men on him.

Proximity to sideline - the right '3rd' seem to give themselves more space, whereas the left '3rd' is compacted much closer to the sideline.

Back-rowers - Jackson is asking a lot more questions of the defence, running faster, and passing better than Williams and Eastwood.

 

[Boxer]

Well perret has stepped up this year plus reynolds is playing smarter.

 

[LordSidious66]

Well perret has stepped up this year plus reynolds is playing smarter.

And perrett doesn't have to do two jobs at once like last year when lafai was being his lazy self.

 

[H-dog]

Or is it that with out frank the tank there is less space on the left to attack?

 

[Klemhammer]

Shows the difference of not having Pritchard

 

[coach]

The right side Reynolds is giving them more space, his runs have straightened, seem every time we go left they run out of space....

 

[Raikkonen]

Shows the difference of not having Pritchard

Pritchard often created opportunities from nothing last year. He had to.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Reynolds stands closer to the ruck these days imo. An edge forward that actually wants to run a line is also a massive help because it forces Reynolds to straighten up or pass rather than going towards the sideline.

 

[KimboSlice]

reynolds, particularly the last 2 games is playing well and running great lines.. Mbye isn't engaging the defence, but definitely has the potential to open a game up..

 

[Phalangist]

Well if Rona had a centre who knew how to draw and pass he would have maybe scored 10-15 tries by now.

 

[Raikkonen]

Well if Rona had a centre who knew how to draw and pass he would have maybe scored 10-15 tries by now.

Unfortunately, it seems Morris' best years are behind him now. The past two years have shown this

 

[no1bulldog]

No, this isn't a political debate.

I'm referring to our back-line attacking structures of Reynolds-Jackson-Holland-Perret/Phillips, vs Mbye, Eastwood/Williams, Morris, and Rona.

So far this season, the right side is clicking much better than the left. It was the other way around last year, with the left side working much better. Not just near the try line, from anywhere on the field.

I'm interested to see other's thoughts on what's working, and what's not.

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Last year Williams was out for most of the year and that side looked a lot better with Rona being 2nd highest try scorer in the comp, you'll notice Rona has started scoring again and getting more ball since Williams has been dropped

 

[no1bulldog]

in the last 3 games (Williams was benched in the first and dropped for the next two) Rona has score 4 tries in 3 games

 

[Bad Billy]

Reynolds and Jackson in their current form are making our right side very dangerous, definitely more dangerous than our left.

 

[Izzy Forreal]

On the right Josh Reynolds has dumped his "one man band" attitude, runs straight and gives whoever is outside him room to move.

The other major happening on the right is Josh Jackson. He can't run at top speed but his pasing of the football certainly compensates for that. Ask Tyrone Phillips what he thinks.

 

[nikgan123]

Well if Rona had a centre who knew how to draw and pass he would have maybe scored 10-15 tries by now.

Lemme fix that for you:
*if Rona came into the middle of the field like a SKD or Semi he would have a lot of tries

Could also be:
*If Rona knew where to stand and run into when Morris makes a break he would have more tries