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Finn Russell wants 'exciting' rugby

Finn Russell wants 'exciting' rugby

Finn Russell believes rugby should be as “exciting as possible”.

The 31-year-old fly half is having a “lot of fun” in his first season at Bath but while he feels it is important for spectators to enjoy the game, he also knows results matter most.

He told Rugby World magazine: “Entertainment value is definitely the thing that gets people watching your sport and everyone within rugby should be trying to make it as exciting as possible.

“But in the professional game, it comes down to winning and losing for a lot of teams and that can be the overriding mindset; we are here to win, we are not here to entertain.

“I like to think that the way we’re playing at Bath this year, we can dog out a win if we need to and not be that entertaining, but at the same time we are playing a lot of entertaining rugby.”

Finn doesn’t feel there’s a “pressure” to entertain and knows it is important not to do anything risky just to impress the crowd.

He said: “It seems like we’re entertaining the crowd as we go along but there’s a fine balance between entertaining and trying too many crazy things I suppose.

“You might have chucked something through your legs and scored one try, but if you try another couple of things purely thinking about entertaining people, you might lose or give away tries.

“It comes down to individual players getting the balance right.

“I wouldn’t say I feel pressure to entertain people. Winning is the most important thing.”

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