If ever I am becoming frustrated in a rugby session with
either my own performance or that of those around me, or a coach, I imagine
what a Fijian would do in such a situation. That is, very little. They would be
chilled.
Whenever you watch players like Sireli Bobo, Rupeni
Caucaunibuca, Vilimoni Delasau, Sireli Naqelevuki and the young pretender
Vireimi Vakatawa, it’s a real treat.
It’s uninhibited, unprescribed, and open to your
own expression. It’s an almighty lesson to all of us when worrying about learning
the playbook. It isn’t individualistic, far from it. It relies on everyone
being there to support the one man breakout and that cannot function if only
one player buys into that (unless of course they go on to score themselves – a
distinct possibility). It isn’t positional – why shouldn’t a second row be the
one to break out? Who says the main job of a winger is to chase kicks? And
whose idea was it to kick at all?
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