The Sky Sport NZ 'Player Cam' followed Aaron Smith around in the Highlanders final against the Blues at Eden Park. Catch his whole game. Credit: Sky Sport NZ
1:15:00 for the not releasing from Smith that many people including the commentator had missed. It somehow was a controversial topic during the game so just to highlight it here.
Aaron Smith and the Highlanders backline in this final they just didn't get any front foot ball and also the backline were just scrambled the full 80, most of the tries scored by the Highlanders in the competition come from structured set plays, the Highlanders were just scrambled the full 80 on defense and to make things worse for the highlanders the blues kept them down in there own half most periods of the game the blues made the highlanders play in parts of the field where they can't score tries from, they just had no answer the highlanders to it.
Yeah Highlanders are a really intelligent setplay team, so the only way to nullify it is to full on pressure across the park which the Blues forwards have been fantastic at
