Bonus points and miserable weather
Posted at 10:34pm on Sunday, November 26th, 2006It was a real shame the highly trailed top-of-the-table local-derby Friday-night-televised-extravaganza that was Bristol vs Glos ended up being played in such atrocious conditions. That said, sometimes rugby is simply about who drops the ball the least and Glos couldn’t hold on to the slippery ball the way Bristol did. The better team on the night won, but it was disappointing to break our unbeaten streak in that manner. (And losing so many players to Andy Robinson’s fiasco of an England side didn’t help.)
What is also shown up by the result is the power of the bonus point. Wasps have got 7 bonus points from 9 matches, while Glos have only got 1. That’s essentially a win and a draw for free. We’re going to need to stop consistently scoring 3 tries and get that fourth one over the line every now and again or our place in the top few of the table will be seriously challenged, despite our record.
