Jim Belshaw
Bob Loudon (25)
It sure does. Well done Grammar! I will comment on the TAS match in a second, but first does anybody have any other thirds results including High v Kings?
Thanks for the ScotsvTAS program CJ. Will be interested to see if your reactions to the match are the same as mine.
As the 34-0 nil score line suggests, Scots 3 were clearly the better team, but it wasn't quite one sided as the score would suggest.
The two teams were pretty equal in the forwards. It was the big and fast Scots backs throwing the ball round who did the damage. The TAS boys tackled well and never gave up, but when a tackle was missed Scots quickly gained an overlap. They also used the kick well on two occasions. On the few occasions when TAS could molest properly, weaknesses showed up.
TAS lacked penetration. They seemed to rely on their pick and drive too often. That could threaten, they were pressing the Scots line at the end of the first half, with oranges delayed for a number of minutes after the end of the half as TAS retained possession and attacked the Scots line, but they were't making the yards even with multiple phases.
To my mind, and i don't pretend expertise now, the TAS backs weren't playing well today. There were too many handling errors, long passes, too much running back into traffic. There weren't the multiple passes and penetration that has made the TAS backs dangerous in recent years. On the positive side, they tackled and tackled, with Scots denying them the opportunity to settle and play a more open game.
