Lions player of the Tour...?

Riskysports wrote:I am not sure i can say anyone yet

The pack has spluttered along, and while there have been sparks, never really ignited

The backs have had very little to do, and in the second test hardly got the ball

North maybe, but again with the way the games have been played not really had much of a chance to shine

Do not think it is halfpenny, not because I think he is a bad player, or playing badly, but the fact the tactics really mean he is just there to tackle and kick - which is not enough for player of the tour (I really wish we got the ball to allow him to do more)

So at this time, no-one

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:We'll never know what Sexton or Farrell could have done with the boot but Sexton has been asked to use his boot in another way. We haven't seen what he can do with the ball in hand.

Just watching the Crusaders game vs the Chiefs. Dagg during the French series did something akin to Halfpenny. He never got his running game going but he did what was asked of him under the high ball and his kicking game was immaculate. He can actually goal kick as well but that wasn't asked of him. He's been in poor form for the Crusaders this season but you could see his confidence grow during the French series.

The game tonight saw him live up in the line. It leaves a gap at the back but it creates gaps in the defensive line as well. Personally, I always prefer to see a rugby team do all it can to attack. Both in the forwards and the backs. It's not just Gatland and Wales playing percentage rugby. Look at what's happened to France in recent years. For all the talk of the Australian backline when have we seen them unleash with any consistency? When has SA looked like its attacking Super teams? Even NZ for much of the RC was turgid on attack. Is it the laws that encourage this percentage rugby or is it the increasing conservative mindset of the coaching staff?