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The back three is a place where pace and agility are mixed with the ability to claim the high ball. It is a place which fizzles with electricity, and the speed of players combines with the skill of playmakers around them to score.
At the turn of the decade we should start to analyse and appreciate certain tactics that have become trendy recently. Tactical trends come and go, and people rarely realise that they are there.
Should Willie Le Roux retain his fullback jersey for the Springboks?
This is my fourth article in this team of the year series, and I fancied getting on to the big boys – the grinders, the locks.
The backrow are the boys who do the real job. The guys who top the tackle, breakdown, and forward-handling stats. Athletic guys with power to do pretty much all the dirty work.
The midfield is a place where the most versatile skill sets mix and match to fit a variety of utilities. It is a place where quick hands, agility and brutality are all in high demand.
I think Dave Rennie has had the Wallabies develop a certain structure to their attack. Barring errors and with proper execution, it is very formidable.
The All Blacks lost once to Australia and once to Argentina, and raised some eyebrows at the current set-up.
It may seem like a boring game on paper given all the points came from penalties, but there was a lot more to the game than just the points struck by the metronomic boots of Nicolas Sanchez and Reece Hodge.
The Lions tour is one of the biggest highlights of the rugby calendar. Primed to occur in South Africa in 2021, the British and Irish Lions will take on the world champion Springboks.
Ardie Savea and Sam Cane are both predominantly sevens.
Wales were semi-finalists in 2019 but became eighth in the world and fifth in the Six Nations in 2020. One big difference is the attacking structure.
On Saturday, 14 November 2020, the inspirational Argentineans claimed a win over the All Blacks, and the ten-point margin at fulltime means that this was a convincing win, not a fluke.
The 2020 All Blacks season started slowly with a draw. Two extraordinary games, including a trashing of the Wallabies, had to sit up and take notice, but recent losses to the Wallabies and Argentina have had us think again.
Damian Willemse has always been a player with X-Factor. Imagine a back-three wearing the 10 jersey with Le Roux-esque ball skills. That is Willemse.
Since the era of Ma’a Nonu and Conrad Smith, the All Blacks are yet to find a similarly devastating midfield combo.
At the start of the Bledisloe Series, the Wallabies brought in James O’Connor and Matt To’omua at 10 and 12 respectively to serve as dual pivots.
Recently, there was talk about whether Beauden Barrett should shift to flyhalf for the All Blacks and Richie Mo’unga be benched. We saw him fielded there against the Wallabies in Bledisloe 4 and his performance was something worth chewing over.
South Africa had a world-class midfield in 2019, with Damian de Allende as a bruiser and Lukhanyo Am as an all-round centre with a good carry and wonderful ball skills.
My interest is whether Wales can click. Pivac is looking to anchor their gameplan.
My preview of the 2021 Six Nations
Wales have hope. Given selection trends i think Pivac is trying to select a heavy backline. He took out thew triple pivot mess, stuck with Biggar/Halfpenny, and is employing two hard hitters in Williams and NOrth. The trends show that they will work with two creative outlets in Biggar and Halfpenny, and then raw power to anchor their attack, with the 10 and 15 stitching things together with strong passing.
My preview of the 2021 Six Nations
‘plenty of pace and quality putside sexton’ true tho. why is murray getting stick, while sexton could be the link that broke the chain?
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
erm speed of delivery is a problem yes, but due to the weakness in the forwards. if you look more in depth, you will find that yes, murray’s passing technique is worse than smith’s, but when compared to the rest of the world, he’s rather good, and the spin and range of the passes are prolific. why will you need power if your hands to the job. The pass is fast and accurate for all we need to be concerned.
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
doubt casey is the real deal. sorry but murray is srsly class
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
Conor Murray poor passing technique? https://giphy.com/gifs/Ik0o8A2CvqJBbIEwkM
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
Lamour to 15 and Conway to 14 for me. Byrne is very reliable, though he needs to challenge the line more.
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
consider the problem for otere black at the bulls. BB is a Blues 10. DC is a blues 10. How is he going to have game time?
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
they should create pathways to england and france, especially for casey and mcgrath.
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
connor murray with his passing and decision making, has been the cornerstone of the irish attack. his fitness may make the next world cup but ireland need back uos, of which the prime choice is probably gibson parkes, or perhaps casey
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
gibson parkes for me. Personally, guys like the byrnes, Casey, and Healy are not going to developm as world class 10s if they arent even regular starters at club level. Most of Ireland’s 2nd/3rd choice are not club starters and they should allow players to go overseas
Who will be Conor Murray’s successor?
u need consistency to operate at the highest level, and consistency is what the Boks won their World Cup on. If Carty can develop consistency, he is a cop over sexton
Who is Jonathan Sexton’s heir apparent?
Carty didnt even make this pundited squad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpPxI6Wy–Y&t=229s
Who is Jonathan Sexton’s heir apparent?
wasnt byrne the 15 who recollected and put in the killer pass?
Who is Jonathan Sexton’s heir apparent?
i think it’s their use of screens and decoys, also the confidence and proficiency of Pollard and Le Roux, and also De Allende. Munster are very lucky to have someone like De Allende.
Who is Jonathan Sexton’s heir apparent?
add dan biggar and beauden barrett to that list of top tier 10s. I think johnny is very solid when on form but has his meltdowns and also has little spectacularity
Who is Jonathan Sexton’s heir apparent?
This well constructed layering for a slide thru by harry byrne was impressive 2
Who is Jonathan Sexton’s heir apparent?
The saffas will play will bring increased creativity, and will develop multilayered attack patterns
Who is Jonathan Sexton’s heir apparent?
Ive rated carty highly. Harry Byrne and Jack Carty are perhaps more skilful than Johnny, but dont have his control and organisation. i have to take back my words on johnny being poor in temperament in my brutal chop on the Irish attack, but i dont rate johnny as up there with the likes of pollard, mounga, ford, ntamack, russell, sanchez
Who is Jonathan Sexton’s heir apparent?
Looks like theyre going to power with their midfield, and Biggar/halfpenny to do a pollard/le roux kind of playmaking axis.
My preview of the 2021 Six Nations