Quote Originally Posted by AndyS View Post
As for George, I think someone made the point somewhere that the Australians kind of backed off at the breakdown simply to avoid being penalised off the park. Hard to shine at 7 if you are told to simply stop the ball carrier but not compete.
Yeah and fair enough on the breakdown work but George Smith usually does a 1001 other things around the paddock aside from that which he wasn't doing against England and like I said some of the tackles he put on were very weak considering his usual standards.