The Needs of the Team
It was a big weekend of rugby, with some significant developments in both local and world rugby.
Both Ireland and Wales (who saw themselves as outsiders for the world cup) find themselves going home early after failing to qualify for the quarter finals, whilst Scotland managed to scrape together a victory against Italy to give themselves a Quarter Final shot at Argentina.
At a local level, Cumbernauld lost all five games at the weekend, with the 1st XV losing by a point after Waysiders scored in the last minute, the 2nd XV were, well, 2nd best against Kilmarnock in a dismal display that highlights the importance of training together and sticking to a game plan. Whilst on Sunday all the youth teams lost, but at least showed they have the potential to improve.
The theme coming from the weekends rugby is playing together as a team though.
Didn't see much of the Welsh game, but from reading the reports it sounds like player power is what determines things, with a 1st half performance which suggests they did their own thing on Saturday, with the coach then being fired almost immediately on their failure to progress.
The Irish have great individually talented players in their squad - some of the best in the world, but were unable to put it together as a team during the World Cup.
Whilst Cumbernauld (well the 2nds and U17s at least) need to define a clearer game plan, and play to the needs of the team.
Both Ireland and Wales (who saw themselves as outsiders for the world cup) find themselves going home early after failing to qualify for the quarter finals, whilst Scotland managed to scrape together a victory against Italy to give themselves a Quarter Final shot at Argentina.
At a local level, Cumbernauld lost all five games at the weekend, with the 1st XV losing by a point after Waysiders scored in the last minute, the 2nd XV were, well, 2nd best against Kilmarnock in a dismal display that highlights the importance of training together and sticking to a game plan. Whilst on Sunday all the youth teams lost, but at least showed they have the potential to improve.
The theme coming from the weekends rugby is playing together as a team though.
Didn't see much of the Welsh game, but from reading the reports it sounds like player power is what determines things, with a 1st half performance which suggests they did their own thing on Saturday, with the coach then being fired almost immediately on their failure to progress.
The Irish have great individually talented players in their squad - some of the best in the world, but were unable to put it together as a team during the World Cup.
Whilst Cumbernauld (well the 2nds and U17s at least) need to define a clearer game plan, and play to the needs of the team.
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