Agree with all of this - our rucking was non-existent. Also agree on your choice of pivotal moment, although I can remember thinking throughout the game at regular 2 minute intervals whenever we threw away possession that "we're doing everything we can to lose this game". So in that sense there were so many pivotal moments. Worcester didn't win that game - we served it up for them and then when they left it to go cold we reheated it for them and force-fed the win to them.

Whilst on the kicking theme, why did Smith/skipper chose to kick (well, miss) penalty what was apparently beyond his range in awful conditions and not kick to the corner for the penalty in the first half? We had some form of advantage at that point and another try then would probably have sealed the game. Pivotal moment, in my view.


Think it was early in 2nd half BQ, but completely agree, the decision was bonkers. I suspect it was a reaction to the another bonkers decision towards the end of the 1st half, to go for the corner, rather than take the shot. Kick was downwind, left of posts (for right footed kicker) and about 35m out maybe? Score that and it was 17-3, in poor conditions a decent lead, and as it turned out would have been just enough. 

He's saying we made a decision to go for the corner earlier in the match in a position where the kick for goal was easier than the long range one.