One thing I've noticed is that our kick from 80m out is more often from the middle of the ground, meaning we have moved it through the middle more consistently. That means you can try to hit a target anywhere in the forward 50m. Compare this to last year, where if we did get it 80m from goal it was near the boundary, Your options there are pretty limited from there, which led to us bombing.
I reckon a lot of that improvement in style has to do with our backline. Not only can they defend - meaning Lyon is probably more confident letting them be exposed - they move the ball really quickly and aggressively. I just don't think guys like Spurr, Ibbo, Sheridan had it in them to do that.
The problem is that when you do have all of the forward line to hit up, it's pretty embarrassing when you miss, like we did every time against Port, and every other time today.
But, i really like Tabs and CamMac's efforts to act as link players today, and I thought we managed to find a decent balance of guys getting back and players forward.