Owen Farrell talking about confidence.

[Rossm]

Extracted from an interview in today's Guardian. OK he's talking about England but just the same applies to any group of players.

“Sometimes it can be about confidence. You lose a couple of tight ones and things get hard. Sometimes you can be too desperate to win games and therefore you play on the edge and do things you wouldn’t normally do. Like the penalty count. Nobody wants to give penalties away but when your confidence is low, and you’re a bit too desperate, you can’t help but do that.
“But when you get a couple of wins the confidence returns, probably without you knowing it. You trust [yourself] subconsciously that bit more. This helps under pressure. When that pressure comes in the heat of a game, and you need to keep your composure, and not give a penalty away, not step out of line, that’s where it counts the most.”

Sounds familiar?

Full article here:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/01/owen-farrell-confidence-elusive-interview-donald-mcrae-england-saracens-rugby-union

[Fatherwasp]

Absolutely. It’s frustrating watching the guys make what seem to be so simple errors but it’s important to remember the quality of players we have. Sops is getting a good going over by some but the one passage of play against Quinn’s was exquisite.

I’m still going for the win on Sunday and results will follow.