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'Ohh how I love this game' - Hibbard shares photo of gory facial injury
By Online Editors
Dragons hooker Richard Hibbard has shared a gruesome picture of a facial injury he sustained while on Challenge Cup duty.
Dragons fell to a heavy 49-7 defeat at home to Clermont – who finished Pool 1 with a perfect points record in the Challenge Cup.
Hibbard had his lip badly larcerated during the game, and shared it with his followers on social media.
Hibbard tweeted: "Ohh how I love this game!! Proper face for radio."
It was the side's heaviest defeat in Europe this season.
“We weren’t accurate enough,” said headcoach Ceri Jones. “Our lineout wasn’t accurate enough, we went to the corner three or four times and we got nothing which you can’t do against quality opposition.
“Defensively we slipped off first up tackles too many times in that first half.
“When we had Aaron (Wainwright) off the field they got in behind us they showed they are a quality team.
“The accuracy in our play wasn’t where it needed to be and when you are playing quality opposition you are going to struggle.
“We’ve been proud of our performances recently, but that wasn’t where it needed to be.”
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I think the majority of their yellow cards were for cynical infringements instead of repeated infringements.
Go to commentsSpeed of game and stoppages in play remain a problem SK. Set piece oriented teams generally want a lower ball in play time, and they have various strategies to try and get it - legal and illegal!
They want to maximize their power in short bursts, then recover for the next effort. Teams like Bristol are the opposite. They want high ball in play to keep the oppo moving, they want quicker resolution at set pieces, and if anyone is to kick the ball out, they want it to be the other team.
The way rugby is there will always be a place for set piece based teams, but progression in the game is associated far more with the Black Ferns/Bristol style.
The scrum is a crucible. We have still not solved the problem of scrums ending in FKs and penalties, sometimes with yellow cards attached. A penalty ought not to be the aim of a scrum, a dominant SP should lead to greater attacking opportunity as long as the offence is not dangerous but technical in nature.
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