Quote ="bewareshadows"I was not suggesting that fringe defense is irrelevant, but if it's your one weakness then you are doing pretty well. No team is perfect and teams will improve as the season goes on, but if we start solid in the middle of the park then teams have to be pretty good to beat us.
Also last year I recall Wigan running round our edges, but also directly through the middle of us.
=#FF0000If Sia is going to fly out the line then Tomkins would be an ideal candidate to fly at. Some players and Tomkins is becoming one, tend to get shown a little too much respect and get stood off by a whole raft of players, therefore giving them more time to make decisions and to hold the ball.
When Meli crunched him in the exiles match, he thought twice about running the ball, hit the man hard and hit him legally then see how often he runs down that channel.'"
Given the number of times Sia misses those crunching tackles that could be a recipe for disaster. Keep the line tight and don't leave space for him to run through would be my first thought, any big hits would be a bonus.
