Steve Tandy<\/strong> (now the Wales head coach) ahead of this Autumn Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen he came in, it was the first time I\u2019d had someone who really taught me the fundamentals and the basics, and really took time and effort to help me as a person. You can see him when he comes in here helping the lads out now. He\u2019s been great with me and he\u2019s got a great relationship with the boys in the dressing room, so it makes it a lot easier to step out on that field and play for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRadders used to come in and shadow Steve [in the Scotland camp] when he first joined Northampton, and he learned a lot through Steve. They\u2019ve got very similar ideologies and whatnot.<\/p>\n
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Lee Radford has been a big influence in Rory Hutchinson\u2019s career. Image: \u00a9 Craig Watson \u2013 www.craigwatson.co.uk<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhen he joined Northampton, the thing that was so good for us \u2013 because that was the year we went and won the Premiership \u2013 was how simple he made it. He simplified it so much: staying square, two-man shots, filling the field and getting off [the line].<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a tough guy. I feel that a lot of the motivation he gives the group is done when he speaks. He\u2019s got a lot of respect. And [given] what he\u2019s done at club level, I\u2019m excited to see how he goes at international level. I feel he\u2019s really bought in well with the boys.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously it\u2019s early doors. We\u2019re still learning as we go. Unfortunately with these camps, you\u2019re just so compact and have so little time that you\u2019ve got to learn so much quicker. But I think we\u2019ll take a lot of positives from last week and put it into this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we reflected on the [New Zealand] game, I felt there were at least two tries there that were stoppable \u2013 the pick through the middle and the one just before half-time were the ones that stood out. If we get those fine margins right, we\u2019ll be a tough team to break down.\u201d<\/p>\n
And the key, as far as Hutchinson is concerned, is to avoid over-complicating things.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe I\u2019m biased because at Northampton the way we play the game is very simple. Have good skills, be physical and be fast. And that replicates on to the defensive side.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re encouraged to make decisions. It might not be the right decision, but if we\u2019re all in, then it will get solved.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a massive believer that rugby is actually a very simple game. Yes, there might be lots of rules and there\u2019s so much to it in terms of rucks, passing moves, line0outs and whatnot \u2013 but once you\u2019ve got the basic fundamentals and everyone buys into it \u2026 that\u2019s the key thing [because] if people buy into it you\u2019re going to have a good reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Of those first nine caps, Hutchinson was a starter five times, against: Georgia at outside-centre once during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[85185,4151,712,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-568864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-divi","9":"tag-rugby","10":"tag-scotland","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115545606440427569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}