Mr Churchill wrote:
For what it's worth, Sam Burgess got on for the last 11 minutes...Got to laugh - or you'd cry at the waste of talent.
I didn't watch most of the game, but flicked over and happened to catch the last 15 minutes or so and what a sorry, plodding excuse for a game that was. Even in the 15 mins I saw it was scrum after re-set scrum; scrum, penalty, scrum, line-out. I think a someone scored a try or something but really it was lost in the fog of boredom and a desire to fire a taser at Austin Healey's scrotum.
As it was I caught Sam's spell, but nothing of note to mention apart from one ironic cheer from the Gloucester crowd when he knocked on a loose ball. Bath got the scrum anyway thanks to an earlier offence, such is the nature of RU. And, er, that was about it.
Would love to know what Sam's really thinking after a few games. He's playing a game where, for all his size and outstanding explosive power, he's far from the biggest, strongest or indeed even at 18 stone, the heaviest, and there are rarely gaps in defence. He's as big as many forwards but more agile and athletic, yet he's not as fast as many backs. Yet the game never gets going. It's stuck in a quagmire of over-zealous referees and rules and a reliance on set plays and uninspiring gameplay.
Got to laugh - or you'd cry at the waste of talent.
*note to uttercraps: I know RU is the bigger game. No need to point it out.
