It’s not a tackle technique issue, and I don’t think it’s right to say it’s a bravery thing either. It’s a fundamental issue with the lads physical profile and athleticism, or his total lack of it.
He has a great kick, a great pass, and great reading of the game. But when he’s doing anything outside of that he looks like one of the lads being forced to partake in PE against his will when he’d rather be playing Minecraft.
Lads like Henry Pollard and Dan Biggar could never do much outside of those 3 things either, but they at least had the basic physical profile of lads that were capable of playing field sports at a decent level.
I think the things he’s good at have had an almost hypnotic effect on those involved with him through the system, which itself became a bit of a self fulfilling thing with the adulation of Leinster schools players and grads of that system.
