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Should teams take more drop goals?
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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 817359" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>There's a real team skill to creating the right position, but its just another drill that can be practiced like exit strategies or kick offs. Exhibit A RWC final 2003 where the intent from the line out was always to manoeuvre Jonny into the right position. </p><p></p><p>How often do you see teams mindlessly hammering away at the line and getting nowhere? Maybe they're hoping for the pen or pen try and a yellow as much as a try, but I'd argue that its always better to come away from the oppo 22 with something rather than nothing. If you haven't got anywhere after 10 phases. why wouldn't you have a crack? </p><p></p><p>I'd also argue that they're even more important in a tight game where a 3 pointer can make all the difference to the outcome. The final score in the 2015 RWC might have looked fairly comfortable at 34-17, but it was only 21-17 with 10 minutes to go when Carter dropped a goal. That may well have been the straw that broke the kangaroo's back. Also worth noting that the 95 RWC final was settled by a DG and Trinh-Duc missed one in 2011 when NZ only won by a point.....</p><p></p><p>Not an easy skill, even harder under pressure but I'm really surprised we don't see more of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 817359, member: 73144"] There's a real team skill to creating the right position, but its just another drill that can be practiced like exit strategies or kick offs. Exhibit A RWC final 2003 where the intent from the line out was always to manoeuvre Jonny into the right position. How often do you see teams mindlessly hammering away at the line and getting nowhere? Maybe they're hoping for the pen or pen try and a yellow as much as a try, but I'd argue that its always better to come away from the oppo 22 with something rather than nothing. If you haven't got anywhere after 10 phases. why wouldn't you have a crack? I'd also argue that they're even more important in a tight game where a 3 pointer can make all the difference to the outcome. The final score in the 2015 RWC might have looked fairly comfortable at 34-17, but it was only 21-17 with 10 minutes to go when Carter dropped a goal. That may well have been the straw that broke the kangaroo's back. Also worth noting that the 95 RWC final was settled by a DG and Trinh-Duc missed one in 2011 when NZ only won by a point..... Not an easy skill, even harder under pressure but I'm really surprised we don't see more of them. [/QUOTE]
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