PATRICK KIDD

GEORGIA ON MY MIND THERE WILL BE FEW BETTER TRIES IN international rugby this year. Ten minutes in, 30 yards from the opposing line, the full-back picks up the ball from a ruck and, seeing the defence poorly set, decides to barge straight on and go for a gallop. He cuts left, he jinks right, making his opponents look foolish and slow. At 20 yards out he pushes hard off his left foot to leave their fly-half clutching at dust then glances quickly to his right. Aware of who is in support, he jags left, looking that way, moving his shoulders to give every indication that is where he will pass — then nonchalantly flips his wrists in the other direction, sending the ball over his right shoulder into the…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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