Ep 227 - Worse than a shellacking? Lower than a nadir? We try to make sense of Friday!

About this episode

The episode discusses the team's record-breaking defeat against Saints and attempts to analyze the reasons behind such a loss.

It's a sombre pod and many things have already been said about Friday's chastening and record-breaking defeat against Saints across various platforms. There are lots of interrelated reasons why teams lose matches both contextual and in the heat of battle, but ultimately shipping that many points to a rival is almost impossible to comprehend let alone accept. How do you analyse a game like that? We do our best to try and put in into perspective and discuss some of the issues that it raises. Ho...

Topics covered

• rugby
• defeat analysis
• team performance
• sports commentary
• match perspective

Keywords

• rugby
• defeat
• Saints
• analysis
• performance
• sports
• team issues

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Saints

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