Everyone should brace themselves for more crash play
I do agree. AFB sucks them into the middle, then we feed the backline.
Between AFB, our awesome line running second rowers and quality finishers on the wings, we should have a stack of points in us.
The great thing about how much of a threat AFB is, like you have touched on, is he creates danger points outside him too
It will mean we have to keep doing the 'pointless' crash plays some posters hate though, as he can't be the threat to crash over if never passed the ball in that position.
Obviously AFB drawing/holding slightly more attention tight is good for our backline but I wonder which one of these things is more likely to become true
- defenders held tight and slower to release means easy space near the sideline, get the ball to Tricky/Hynes and let them spread it fast
- defenders held tight and slower to release buys time for Kennedy to ball play again (time he had with Moylan Hynes but we couldn't find for him when playing more off Trindall*)
Unfortunately for Kennedy I think it might be the first one now Trindall has established himself, and longer term a run first threat fullback is where we need to move to. We will be too many cooks in the kitchen for Kennedy's play style.
*not specifically a criticism of Trindall, he just delivers attack differently to Moylan.
