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Trinh-Duc having a mare.

morepork wrote:Trinh-Duc having a mare.

Rivalling Dunn, Stooke, Louw, Brew and Watson for Bath's MotM

Hang on a minute. Is Watson playing 15 and playing well? I assume the regular fullbacks are injured.

Mellsblue wrote:Hang on a minute. Is Watson playing 15 and playing well? I assume the regular fullbacks are injured.

I think he was wearing 15 because he was the last man into the changing room - Bath hand out numbers on that first come first served basis - it's the only conclusion that makes sense.

That lateness probably explains why Eddie doesn't like him

I enjoyed that. I might be turning native in this wrong time zone. I'm liking the link play down the blind side that the Bath 11 seems to be thriving on. A very un-English use of loose forwards. If you could cut that nonsense out, that would be great. It seems to me that George Ford would thrive on the current setup of he were still there?

Fair play to Watson - you don't see many outside breaks these days. Lovely acceleration and footwork (just to keep things balanced, he still looks a little light in the tackle every now and then.)

Tuisavo (sp?) looked like he just couldn't be bothered though, that outside break would have been a lot harder had the winger decided to try.

He think he just knew he was beaten. Watson’s footwork and acceleration are outrageous.

Mellsblue wrote:He think he just knew he was beaten. Watson’s footwork and acceleration are outrageous.

Yeah, Tuisova is a lot of things, but he’s not a particularly quick wing. Plus, the clock was in the red for the first half and Bath had done a great job running Toulon around, Aled Brew had run Tuisova ragged and he was absolutely knackered.

Quiet night for Dunn. Just 22 tackles. He really is a terrific grafting hooker. Thought all the Bath forwards put in big shifts.
Watson supplied the class behind.

fivepointer wrote:Quiet night for Dunn. Just 22 tackles. He really is a terrific grafting hooker. Thought all the Bath forwards put in big shifts.
Watson supplied the class behind.

He's really showing what Eddie likes about him this last 6-8 weeks

Which Tyler wrote:

fivepointer wrote:Quiet night for Dunn. Just 22 tackles. He really is a terrific grafting hooker. Thought all the Bath forwards put in big shifts.
Watson supplied the class behind.

He's really showing what Eddie likes about him this last 6-8 weeks

Yep, Eddie likes work rate

Raggs wrote:Tuisavo (sp?) looked like he just couldn't be bothered though, that outside break would have been a lot harder had the winger decided to try.

He did have 3 Bath players he was trying to mark which had him facing the wrong way and the 7 went out of the line without getting his man and actually ran into the wrong man. A defensive colossus like Ashton might have struggled to contain that break given everything which went wrong inside him