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[2018 Rugby Championship] Round 2: New Zealand v Australia (25/08/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 913810" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>The thing I find most amazing about the ABs is it's simple things like taking the ball at pace from the back of a ruck or running straight and then passing when you have an overlap. They are consistently doing this whilst other teams get tunnel vision too easily. The ABs just do the basics and what works to an extremely good level and that builds pressure and creates opportunities. It's infuriating the number of times I've watched England where we have a 3 on 2 or better and butcher it by running sideways or shovelling the ball along whilst staying static. Likewise when we pass out of the ruck, 90% of the time every other player on the pitch is static and doesn't move until the 1st or 2nd pass is complete. NZ also ALWAYS have a player in support, they rarely get isolated. England put players into positions where they are getting isolated too easily because nobody can be arsed to actually track them and see what happens, they have already been coached to prepare for the next phase and ignore what is happening in the current one.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to say the majority of what the ABs do isn't difficult, although clearly it must be to a degree. It must be a player mentality thing hammered into them from a young age. AB coaches have also coached other sides with limited success. We need to change grassroots rugby elsewhere away from the conservative style many play to a more open play. Scotland are the closest in that regard but still have the habit of trying to force games and becoming like headless chickens when the flair rugby stops working.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 913810, member: 56232"] The thing I find most amazing about the ABs is it's simple things like taking the ball at pace from the back of a ruck or running straight and then passing when you have an overlap. They are consistently doing this whilst other teams get tunnel vision too easily. The ABs just do the basics and what works to an extremely good level and that builds pressure and creates opportunities. It's infuriating the number of times I've watched England where we have a 3 on 2 or better and butcher it by running sideways or shovelling the ball along whilst staying static. Likewise when we pass out of the ruck, 90% of the time every other player on the pitch is static and doesn't move until the 1st or 2nd pass is complete. NZ also ALWAYS have a player in support, they rarely get isolated. England put players into positions where they are getting isolated too easily because nobody can be arsed to actually track them and see what happens, they have already been coached to prepare for the next phase and ignore what is happening in the current one. I'd like to say the majority of what the ABs do isn't difficult, although clearly it must be to a degree. It must be a player mentality thing hammered into them from a young age. AB coaches have also coached other sides with limited success. We need to change grassroots rugby elsewhere away from the conservative style many play to a more open play. Scotland are the closest in that regard but still have the habit of trying to force games and becoming like headless chickens when the flair rugby stops working. [/QUOTE]
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