There has been a wonderful intensity in the matches seen so far in the world cup. Last night I watched the Georgians smash into the Romanians and vice versa for 80 minutes. The same with USA v Italy, Canada v Japan and as for the Pacific Island nations I would expect no less!
What appears to me missing are things like evasion in contact, variation in attack around the ruck area (mind you Georgia showed some nice touches last night) and some form of width to vary the point of attack and hopefully begin to break down the defence systems.
As has been said many times "defence wins championships" and I guess I have to reluctantly agree but PLEASE do not forget attack! I have been to, and run many defence sessions and apart from a few subtle philosophies they are all pretty similar. But the real joy in coaching for me comes from creative attack systems. By this I do not mean robotic pre programmed lines but finely orchestrated smooth maneuvers that cause chaos in the defence and create options for the ball carrier and those around them.
I understand the need for solid set piece and good "go forward" to bring attack into the game but I think more than a few teams have missed an opportunity to move up the ranks by having little in attack.
Lets see what the rest of the tournament has to offer.
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