Watched Goole today and could not believe how poor Grovians were. In the end Goole scored at will. Both sides seemed to throw the pill around but the real difference was that Goole managed to catch it whereas Grovians could not put two passes together.
However the real difference may just have been that they could not tackle either. I was standing nearby when their captain said we’ll go to uncontested scrums, how that was going to help I’m not sure, but they did and it didn’t.
It seemed as if they had been playing too much touch at training but this time the opposition did not know they had to stop and pass.
Goole must have realised that Grovians had a soft centre because they played most of the match with three centres, their 8 stood out there for most of the match and only got involved in second phase if he was the one tackled, he obviously does not believe in getting to the breakdown to win ball. Having said that all three centres made breaks through the middle with great effect.
