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[November Tests 2017 EOYT] Ireland vs. South Africa (11/11/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="mosfeldt" data-source="post: 878184" data-attributes="member: 74779"><p>Good post on reddit.</p><p></p><p>"Schmidt doesn't want a creative full back who can spark an attack in loose play from inside the 22. He wants a full back who will take the ball into contact within rucking distance of his pack, and go to ground, allowing play to tighten up and restart.</p><p></p><p>Creative, sparky counter attacks look great, but they're unpredictable and risky. And for every one that leads to a try, a player misses an offload or knocks the ball on or gets tackled into touch or gets isolated from support and gets poached. The boring play that Rob Kearney excels in is safe, reliable, and predictable.</p><p></p><p>With half backs like Murray and Sexton, you've a host of options from a 10m ruck. Box kick, tight five carries, kick for touch, kick for territory, spread it wide, some variant of a Sexton loop, stuff these players drill and drill and drill every week of their careers. If you send O'Halloran tearing off by himself, you're not just relying on him to not **** up, you're relying on him to work magic, to turn world class defenders on their heels and leave them on their ass. You can't practice whether Jesse Kriel is gonna buy the dummy or not, or sit back on his heels, or commit to the tackle.</p><p></p><p>Schmidt like predictability, he likes procedures, he likes carefully crafted and thought out backline moves. Kearney's boring play sets all of that up. <a href="https://youtu.be/cF0C3BDKUxk" target="_blank">And he's well capable of tearing up some turf when he has his chance</a>."</p><p></p><p>I'm excited to see Stockdale and Conway to start. Inexperienced maybe but I think they're fully capable of bringing it to Test level. Front row replacements are a bit of worry but it'll be grand <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I've become more and more confident of this game as the days have gone by.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mosfeldt, post: 878184, member: 74779"] Good post on reddit. "Schmidt doesn't want a creative full back who can spark an attack in loose play from inside the 22. He wants a full back who will take the ball into contact within rucking distance of his pack, and go to ground, allowing play to tighten up and restart. Creative, sparky counter attacks look great, but they're unpredictable and risky. And for every one that leads to a try, a player misses an offload or knocks the ball on or gets tackled into touch or gets isolated from support and gets poached. The boring play that Rob Kearney excels in is safe, reliable, and predictable. With half backs like Murray and Sexton, you've a host of options from a 10m ruck. Box kick, tight five carries, kick for touch, kick for territory, spread it wide, some variant of a Sexton loop, stuff these players drill and drill and drill every week of their careers. If you send O'Halloran tearing off by himself, you're not just relying on him to not **** up, you're relying on him to work magic, to turn world class defenders on their heels and leave them on their ass. You can't practice whether Jesse Kriel is gonna buy the dummy or not, or sit back on his heels, or commit to the tackle. Schmidt like predictability, he likes procedures, he likes carefully crafted and thought out backline moves. Kearney's boring play sets all of that up. [URL='https://youtu.be/cF0C3BDKUxk']And he's well capable of tearing up some turf when he has his chance[/URL]." I'm excited to see Stockdale and Conway to start. Inexperienced maybe but I think they're fully capable of bringing it to Test level. Front row replacements are a bit of worry but it'll be grand ;) I've become more and more confident of this game as the days have gone by. [/QUOTE]
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