Modern kick tennis is a turn off

Highlight: Toby Flood scores the winning try for Newcastle against Sale
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I SETTLED down to watch Newcastle v Sale on TV thinking with such massive coaching gurus as Dean Richards and Steve Diamond this would be a good game.
The first half was a bit iffy but I gave them the benefit of the doubt as it was the start of the season. The second half began much the way that the first had ended but then I witnessed the teams exchange at least 12 kicks between them.
Could it be, I thought, something to do with the fact that almost all directors of rugby or head coaches ar...

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