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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 762034" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>I don't think a Super rugby tournament is needed. Clubs need to get players out of the gyms and onto training fields to master the absolute basics of the game and EVERYONE needs to master them. It's been too long we've accepted forwards who are brainless lumps with no vision or technical ability beyond their specialist skills (in England's case, not even then.) NZ forwards can run with the ball, hit lines and have handling skills equal to the best in England. They can do the basics really well, see how rarely they butcher an overlap by drifting, not giving the pass or charging right back into the breakdown area after moving it out, something NH forwards seem to have decided is a good idea despite it never working, ever.</p><p></p><p>NZ forwards create space, they move defences, they draw in defenders, they change the point of attack. NH forwards just run straight at players without ever presenting the risk off a late pass or offload and rarely more than 5m from the last breakdown, so they run right into where the defences are tighter. </p><p></p><p>So the problem isn't as simple as clubs, it is the whole NH culture which is too conservative and with a forwards mentality that is still rooted in the amateur era.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 762034, member: 56232"] I don't think a Super rugby tournament is needed. Clubs need to get players out of the gyms and onto training fields to master the absolute basics of the game and EVERYONE needs to master them. It's been too long we've accepted forwards who are brainless lumps with no vision or technical ability beyond their specialist skills (in England's case, not even then.) NZ forwards can run with the ball, hit lines and have handling skills equal to the best in England. They can do the basics really well, see how rarely they butcher an overlap by drifting, not giving the pass or charging right back into the breakdown area after moving it out, something NH forwards seem to have decided is a good idea despite it never working, ever. NZ forwards create space, they move defences, they draw in defenders, they change the point of attack. NH forwards just run straight at players without ever presenting the risk off a late pass or offload and rarely more than 5m from the last breakdown, so they run right into where the defences are tighter. So the problem isn't as simple as clubs, it is the whole NH culture which is too conservative and with a forwards mentality that is still rooted in the amateur era. [/QUOTE]
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