Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Rugby Union
International Test Matches
June International Test: Australia vs. England [2nd Test] (18/06/2016)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 804875" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>They sure have, and that is something they will have to deal with before the RC. The NZ, SA and Argie scrums are every bit as good as that England pack, and they will have their arses handed to them if they don't get it sorted.</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>THIS!</p><p></p><p>Take a close look at these stats</p><p></p><p></p><p>[TABLE="width: 500"]</p><p><tbody>[TR]</p><p>[TD][/TD]</p><p>[TD]<span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>Australia</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]<strong><span style="color: #ff0000">England</span></strong>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Territory[/TD]</p><p>[TD]74%[/TD]</p><p>[TD]26%[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Possession[/TD]</p><p>[TD]71%[/TD]</p><p>[TD]29%[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Ball Carries[/TD]</p><p>[TD]188[/TD]</p><p>[TD]66[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Passes[/TD]</p><p>[TD]224[/TD]</p><p>[TD]62[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Running Metres[/TD]</p><p>[TD]501[/TD]</p><p>[TD]226[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Line Breaks[/TD]</p><p>[TD]13[/TD]</p><p>[TD]4[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Defenders Beaten[/TD]</p><p>[TD]31[/TD]</p><p>[TD]9[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Offloads[/TD]</p><p>[TD]11[/TD]</p><p>[TD]4</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Rucks/lost</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]159/3 (98%)</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]51/4 (92%)</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Tackles/missed</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]62/9 (85%)</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD]213/31 (85%)</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p></tbody>[/TABLE]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Those stats tell me that one team (England) defended very well against another team (Australia) who had p¡ss-poor execution, and no game plan (or if they had one, failed to execute it).</p><p></p><p>For the life of me, I cannot understand Australia's tactics in these two games. Time and again they went wide and tried to batter their way through the England defence, who had all those defenders out there because were <strong>not committing players to the breakdown</strong>. In effect, England simply decided to give Australia the breakdown contest, while they fanned out and backed their defence to stop anything from getting through. </p><p></p><p>Now even I, a lowly grassroots part-time coach in the lower grades, can tell you how to beat that defensive arrangement in two short phrases, <strong><em>"pick and drive"</em></strong> and <strong><em>"inside pass". </em></strong>There is an expression we Kiwis have been used to hearing from Richie McCaw, from Graham Henry and from Steve Hansen.... <em>"you must <strong>earn</strong> the right to go wide". </em> If England are not committing players to the breakdown, then that is likely to be a weaker point than the packed defence wider out. An inside pass to a player coming back against the flow attacks the weak shoulder of the defenders near the ruck. If you keep doing this and you keep making breaks around the ruck fringes, you will force your opponents to shore up that part of their defence, and the only way they can do that is by dragging some of their fanned out players closer to the ruck. That creates the space out wide,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 804875, member: 20605"] They sure have, and that is something they will have to deal with before the RC. The NZ, SA and Argie scrums are every bit as good as that England pack, and they will have their arses handed to them if they don't get it sorted. . THIS! Take a close look at these stats [TABLE="width: 500"] <tbody>[TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][COLOR=#ff8c00][B]Australia[/B] [/COLOR][/TD] [TD][B][COLOR=#ff0000]England[/COLOR][/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Territory[/TD] [TD]74%[/TD] [TD]26%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Possession[/TD] [TD]71%[/TD] [TD]29%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ball Carries[/TD] [TD]188[/TD] [TD]66[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Passes[/TD] [TD]224[/TD] [TD]62[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Running Metres[/TD] [TD]501[/TD] [TD]226[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Line Breaks[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Defenders Beaten[/TD] [TD]31[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Offloads[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]4 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rucks/lost [/TD] [TD]159/3 (98%) [/TD] [TD]51/4 (92%) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Tackles/missed [/TD] [TD]62/9 (85%) [/TD] [TD]213/31 (85%) [/TD] [/TR] </tbody>[/TABLE] Those stats tell me that one team (England) defended very well against another team (Australia) who had p¡ss-poor execution, and no game plan (or if they had one, failed to execute it). For the life of me, I cannot understand Australia's tactics in these two games. Time and again they went wide and tried to batter their way through the England defence, who had all those defenders out there because were [B]not committing players to the breakdown[/B]. In effect, England simply decided to give Australia the breakdown contest, while they fanned out and backed their defence to stop anything from getting through. Now even I, a lowly grassroots part-time coach in the lower grades, can tell you how to beat that defensive arrangement in two short phrases, [B][I]"pick and drive"[/I][/B] and [B][I]"inside pass". [/I][/B]There is an expression we Kiwis have been used to hearing from Richie McCaw, from Graham Henry and from Steve Hansen.... [I]"you must [B]earn[/B] the right to go wide". [/I] If England are not committing players to the breakdown, then that is likely to be a weaker point than the packed defence wider out. An inside pass to a player coming back against the flow attacks the weak shoulder of the defenders near the ruck. If you keep doing this and you keep making breaks around the ruck fringes, you will force your opponents to shore up that part of their defence, and the only way they can do that is by dragging some of their fanned out players closer to the ruck. That creates the space out wide, [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rugby Union
International Test Matches
June International Test: Australia vs. England [2nd Test] (18/06/2016)
Top