Slight Adjustments - Team to Face Saints

[nathan_rugby]

Oh well - another night watching our right-side defence trying to cope with one man on another planet.

Still, I would rather have him defending one of our edges than Walsh or Burns.
We need to get Bateman hammering away at the edges.
I would keep swapping sides with him through the game to let him have a go at both, espcially Walsh.

I agree if John runs at the edges of Stains they will have a really tough night and it will cause panic in the defence as they will expect John to take it to them

I remember earlier in the season when Tomkins was running angles out wide creating overlaps and space for Gelling and whoever his winger was at the time. We looked unstoppable for a short period on that side.

What has changed to the game plan that doesn't allow Joel to do that?

I agree, Bateman working the fringes will definitely cause problems.