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15 backs v 15 forwards. Who wins? Discuss.
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<blockquote data-quote="Pieter Steph du Teague" data-source="post: 993311" data-attributes="member: 72520"><p>That just isn't a viable tactic. You can't go over the top every single time, otherwise teams would actually do it. Yes, the faster player may catch the ball every time but once the forward team recognizes that throwing it over the top is all that the backs are going to do, the man catching the ball is going to get lined up and absolutely clattered every single time. Add in the fact that the forwards team likely has 10 back rowers in their side who know exactly where the first breakdown is going to be because the backs have telegraphed it every lineout, there's no way that the backs consistently maintain possession of the ball beyond first phase of the lineout as they're just going to get pilfered. Plus, I think you're massively underestimating how hard of a throw that would be to nail every single lineout - there's no way that it's going straight every time, or even half of the time after only a week's training.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pieter Steph du Teague, post: 993311, member: 72520"] That just isn't a viable tactic. You can't go over the top every single time, otherwise teams would actually do it. Yes, the faster player may catch the ball every time but once the forward team recognizes that throwing it over the top is all that the backs are going to do, the man catching the ball is going to get lined up and absolutely clattered every single time. Add in the fact that the forwards team likely has 10 back rowers in their side who know exactly where the first breakdown is going to be because the backs have telegraphed it every lineout, there's no way that the backs consistently maintain possession of the ball beyond first phase of the lineout as they're just going to get pilfered. Plus, I think you're massively underestimating how hard of a throw that would be to nail every single lineout - there's no way that it's going straight every time, or even half of the time after only a week's training. [/QUOTE]
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