Fisher’s six of the best shows his side’s steel
Most players visualise themselves taking over games, dominating their opposition and putting points on the board. Not many though would ever dream of scoring as many as six tries.
But six was the number for Sheffield scrum-half Elliot Fisher against Huddersfield, who also kicked seven conversions in a 44-point contribution last Saturday.
However, the 23-year-old was keen to emphasise how well the entire Sheffield team played in their free-flowing 71-19 win in National Two North.
Fisher said: “It's just the way we play, we love to run the ball about and, early on, I felt Huddersfield were probably there for the taking.
“So we thought let's run it and have a go, and then it just came off. We've had a lot of good games, and a lot of my work has come from the rest of the boys. So, it's nice to get a proper team performance.”
While things definitely clicked for Sheffield as a team, Fisher's personal performance was made all the more impressive by the fact he plays at scrumhalf and not a more traditionally high-scoring position such as winger.
Fisher added: “I've always played at nine. I think it came from my Dad, he also played scrum-half at Sheffield. Then I've just kind of followed in his footsteps. It's the only place I've been.
“I think within the squad I'm known as a support-line runner. So, I'll try and get on the end of things and just stay in support and just be loud and hopefully they can hear me.”
Fisher's teammates certainly heard him against Huddersfield as they helped set up his six tries – which Fisher himself converted four of.
He said: “The kicking has come from the last two seasons, it came from messing around at training and realised sometimes it went in the right direction. Taking the conversions is a nice feeling. It can just reward your guys for doing all that hard work, being able to finish it off.”
Sheffield's team spirit is apparent, particularly given their best performance of the season so far came while their head coach, Anthony Posa, is absent.
Fisher explained: “We targeted November as a whole because our head coach is away coaching the Croatian national side. So we said, right, okay, let's work hard this November and try and attack this block of games, because we could see them all as winnable.”
Unbeaten in their last three games, Sheffield's confidence is growing and is making the side a dangerous opponent, particularly as Fisher and the rest of the team are not just effective in attack.
He said: “Saturday highlighted a lot of our attacking potential, but when we look at other weeks, we show where we're good defensively.
“So I think when we're all on form, we're a really balanced team. It's quite exciting to be around.”
