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Tri Nations 2009-2011
Why the Wallabies and All Blacks Will Rip the Boks to Pieces
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 417728" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Not to through a spanner in the works but you have realized that the two most successful teams this year have a lot of their success thanks to a smart kicking game? Quade Cooper has made the most kicks of any 10 this year and Carter isn't too far behind though he has missed a couple of games. Against the Stormers both these teams won (Crusaders twice) because they pinned the Stormers in their 22 and defended well against the Stormers' running the ball IE took the Stormers strength in defense and turned it around in that they didn't run the ball in close but made the Stormers do the running and rather played for territory and sent the ball wide when they were running. The Crusaders in the semi didn't kick the ball out but sent it down field and made the Stormers run and kept the pressure up through good defense in favourable territory. </p><p></p><p>That's the Springbok game! Thing is we've been inaccurate at it (both kicking and defense) the last 12 months. Alot of it due to form slumps (Matfield at the line-out, Steyn at his kicking and everyone else at defense, also the chases haven't as spot on but this si mainly due to the kicks being too far or too close ITO the up-and-unders and Steyn has been abd with general kicking- also we have been bad at covering quick line-outs which nullify our gameplan) and injury to key players that make it work for us. I think you don't always see the finer aspects of things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 417728, member: 39190"] Not to through a spanner in the works but you have realized that the two most successful teams this year have a lot of their success thanks to a smart kicking game? Quade Cooper has made the most kicks of any 10 this year and Carter isn't too far behind though he has missed a couple of games. Against the Stormers both these teams won (Crusaders twice) because they pinned the Stormers in their 22 and defended well against the Stormers' running the ball IE took the Stormers strength in defense and turned it around in that they didn't run the ball in close but made the Stormers do the running and rather played for territory and sent the ball wide when they were running. The Crusaders in the semi didn't kick the ball out but sent it down field and made the Stormers run and kept the pressure up through good defense in favourable territory. That's the Springbok game! Thing is we've been inaccurate at it (both kicking and defense) the last 12 months. Alot of it due to form slumps (Matfield at the line-out, Steyn at his kicking and everyone else at defense, also the chases haven't as spot on but this si mainly due to the kicks being too far or too close ITO the up-and-unders and Steyn has been abd with general kicking- also we have been bad at covering quick line-outs which nullify our gameplan) and injury to key players that make it work for us. I think you don't always see the finer aspects of things. [/QUOTE]
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