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Rugby Championship: Australia - New Zealand (18/08/2012)
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 521074" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>I'm actually not too worried about our lineout. It used to be a major area of concern, but over recent years we have turned into a real area of strength. It is something that they have really focused on in recent seasons, and one of the keys has been using our loosies as jumpers. At times in the past we only seemed to use out locks to jump - unless you both your locks are phenomenal lineout jumpers you will be in trouble if you use this tactic, as the opposition can easily identify and target where the ball will be thrown. This is exactly what happened in 2009 against the Boks - we only won 20/29 (69%)* of our lineouts across the three matches, with Matfield dominating Thorn and Ross (we only won 4 lineouts with our loose forwards). Once we realized we needed to use our loosies to make our lineout far less predictable, our lineout improved immensely. Now rather than having just 2 lineout targets we have 5 in most tests, with Read, McCaw, and Vito/Messam/Thomson all genuine lineout options.</p><p></p><p>I think Australia will be far more concerned about securing there own lineout ball than targeting the AB's lineout. They only have three lineout jumpers, and Polota-Nau can struggle a bit throwing the ball in straight. Sharpe, Dennis, and Higginbotham are all good jumpers, but Timani and Pocock aren't generally used as jumpers at lineout time. It wouldn't surprise me if New Zealand actually put a lot of pressure on Australia's lineout, and even steal the odd lineout or 2....</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">*Stats courtesy of Scrum.com</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 521074, member: 24910"] I'm actually not too worried about our lineout. It used to be a major area of concern, but over recent years we have turned into a real area of strength. It is something that they have really focused on in recent seasons, and one of the keys has been using our loosies as jumpers. At times in the past we only seemed to use out locks to jump - unless you both your locks are phenomenal lineout jumpers you will be in trouble if you use this tactic, as the opposition can easily identify and target where the ball will be thrown. This is exactly what happened in 2009 against the Boks - we only won 20/29 (69%)* of our lineouts across the three matches, with Matfield dominating Thorn and Ross (we only won 4 lineouts with our loose forwards). Once we realized we needed to use our loosies to make our lineout far less predictable, our lineout improved immensely. Now rather than having just 2 lineout targets we have 5 in most tests, with Read, McCaw, and Vito/Messam/Thomson all genuine lineout options. I think Australia will be far more concerned about securing there own lineout ball than targeting the AB's lineout. They only have three lineout jumpers, and Polota-Nau can struggle a bit throwing the ball in straight. Sharpe, Dennis, and Higginbotham are all good jumpers, but Timani and Pocock aren't generally used as jumpers at lineout time. It wouldn't surprise me if New Zealand actually put a lot of pressure on Australia's lineout, and even steal the odd lineout or 2.... [SIZE=1]*Stats courtesy of Scrum.com[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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