lw7 wrote:To quote the great Mick Gibson 'The simple things of rugby..The thinking bit.. The ability to anticipate, read situations. Making the right decisions is a facet that separates players '
This is the same player who cost us a simple score in the Pro 12 Final last year. We lost by 7 points.
Ulster lost by six... And in terms of moments that defined the game, Henderson giving away that penalty 10 metres from the Leinster line should probably be mentioned too. Indeed, there is a logical fallacy here; if Diack has scored 15 minutes into that game, do you really suppose the rest of the game would have panned out as it did? Who knows what would have happened in the remaining 65 minutes...
Even then, Diack butchered the chance by doing something stupid not be being selfish. He cut inside when he had an easy outside run to the line. Diack was right to go for the line against Leinster, which kind of suggests that the two situations aren't causally linked to some kind of inherent problem in Diack's game. This, by the way, is to assume that Diack was at fault against Argentina and I fear this, in part, stems from an issue common to a lot of rugby fans (and pundits) - they don't really understand how a drift defence looks. This is why Jonathan Davies constantly thinks Wales have extra men and that they need to move the ball across the pitch, even though Wales never do. I fear, your comments suggest that to be the case as well. Drift defences make it look like there are overlaps when there are, in fact, no overlaps. In retrospect, Diack should have given the ball but the situation isn't as criminal as it looks to the causal observer, as is well discussed in this thread.