Russell has the mastery to push Bath to the top

JEREMY GUSCOTT
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK

Finn Russell is, with out a doubt, an ultra talented fly-half and the Scot has a touch of old school about him in terms of being like the very good attacking 10s of 30 years ago. I mean this in terms of Russell not playing to a game plan or structure, but playing much more what he sees with his own eyes and projecting it forward.
Fly-halves like Russell play not just in the moment, but by picturing what happens next. It is like: “This is what I see, this is what I’m going to do – and I want everyone to read it, and play off me.”
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