Re: Jowitt : Thu Jul 27, 2017 3:25 pm  

He nearly gave me a heart attack three times with risky passes on out line after collecting a high ball against Saints but that risky play has brought us some entertaining rugby this year. Grix has been on the whole fantastic this year and hopefully young Max is learning from him.

I honestly thought Grix would be a utility back to replace Hall but he's given us far more than that most of the time.

Re: Jowitt : Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:44 pm  

[quote="wakefieldwall"]He nearly gave me a heart attack three times with risky passes on out line after collecting a high ball against Saints but that risky play has brought us some entertaining rugby this year. Grix has been on the whole fantastic this year and hopefully young Max is learning from him.

I honestly thought Grix would be a utility back to replace Hall but he's given us far more than that most of the time.[/quote

This sums it up for me.
Grix is a target because it's his turn.

Re: Jowitt : Fri Jul 28, 2017 8:57 am  

wakefieldwall wrote:

He nearly gave me a heart attack three times with risky passes on out line after collecting a high ball against Saints

Most teams are using the strategy now of outside backs taking the first couple of runs out of yardage - it works well in many instances - especially with a player like MCB, who can step through tackles and put the hammer down; Johnstone was making a speciality of that too before his injury.

I tend to agree it can be a bit heart in mouth, but it saves some gas for the forwards and creates opportunities in broken play - and I'd rather that, than boring, predictable, 5 drives and a kick; and I like the endeavour of a long pass, rather than that annoying "was it forward, was it not" hand-off kind of pass, that Tomkins favours.

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Re: Jowitt : Fri Jul 28, 2017 11:44 am  

I agree Bren. Of course it has to be in line with your skill but I will always back endeavour and creativity over safety.
That's been a theme this year and us great to watch.

Re: Jowitt : Fri Jul 28, 2017 12:20 pm  

[quote="Trinity1315"]

There's zero logic to that. "Oh, I'm going to say X about Scott Grix because it's his turn".

You don't actually believe that do you? Come on now...

Re: Jowitt : Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:31 pm  

bren2k wrote:

Most teams are using the strategy now of outside backs taking the first couple of runs out of yardage - it works well in many instances - especially with a player like MCB, who can step through tackles and put the hammer down; Johnstone was making a speciality of that too before his injury.

I tend to agree it can be a bit heart in mouth, but it saves some gas for the forwards and creates opportunities in broken play - and I'd rather that, than boring, predictable, 5 drives and a kick; and I like the endeavour of a long pass, rather than that annoying "was it forward, was it not" hand-off kind of pass, that Tomkins favours.

Trinity may well have been in the vanguard of this trend of wingers taking the first couple of runs. Go back 4 or 5 years when Cockayne and Foxy were doing this. With good effect too.

Re: Jowitt : Sat Jul 29, 2017 7:17 pm  

Last season I thought Jowitt could potential become our equivalent Jamie Shaul. Couldn't help being reminded of that watching his try scoring in today's semi.

Re: Jowitt : Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:08 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Last season I thought Jowitt could potential become our equivalent Jamie Shaul. Couldn't help being reminded of that watching his try scoring in today's semi.

Thought exactly the same myself during yesterdays game.

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Re: Jowitt : Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:13 am  

He's quite fast but he's not Jamie Shaul fast.

Re: Jowitt : Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:15 pm  

PopTart wrote:

He's quite fast but he's not Jamie Shaul fast.

Difficult to prove I know, and probably not over the first few yards but once in full flight I think Max might just have the edge.