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Peter Fenwicke (45)
The RFU's version of high, or actually high?It will soon be illegal to go high regardless.
The RFU's version of high, or actually high?It will soon be illegal to go high regardless.
The game's changed. A ball and all tackle stops offload's and slows their ball down
Not a troll - 'ball and all' tackles are taught to a) slow down the ball; b) give the opportunity to rip the ball; c) hold the player up to form a maulI don’t know if I can continue this .
I honestly feel like I’m being trolled with what you are suggesting.
you ever see the wallabies in a tackling drill, what part of the tackle bag do you think they are aiming for? It’s never above the torso
Wait, have you never heard of a ball and all tackle?I don’t know if I can continue this .
I honestly feel like I’m being trolled with what you are suggesting.
you ever see the wallabies in a tackling drill, what part of the tackle bag do you think they are aiming for? It’s never above the torso
Well actually high is already illegal, isnt it.The RFU's version of high, or actually high?
Wait, have you never heard of a ball and all tackle?
Obviously there is a time and a place for all sorts of tackles, but the ball and all is a very effective way to stop teams offloading into contact I.E the Drua
I get your point, and the way the rules are going, ankle tackles might be the only thing allowed soonI have not heard the term sorry.
like I said I was taught to go for the legs when I was in junior rugby. If the game has evolved and this is now something they teach then maybe this is one of the fundamental problems with Australian rugby.
I am certainly not a coach but if they teach you to go high now then your only promoting bad habits which either lead to
a) someone getting steamrolled over
b) some TMO wanting to interject about point of contact and asking the in field referee to issue a yellow/red card
The RFU's version of high, or actually high?
It depends on the players and the team. But when you play in a comp with a Fijian team and 6 NZ teams You would guess there would be a few offloadsI'm sure someone with access to actual statistics will prove me wrong here, but the offload as a skill in rugby surely isn't something that all coaches/teams need to focus their tackling technique on. Only few players can execute it well time and time again, I doubt many attacking structures revolve around the ability for everyone in the team to be offloading.
It's still quite a risky play and generally in rugby, getting to ground with the ball, setting up a ruck and executing a quick recycle can be more effective in creating space than a mistimed offload.
Junior/amateur games is very different. At professional level if you don't tackle high you're gifting the opposition ruck speed. Same principle exists (to a greater extent) in the NRL.I have not heard the term sorry.
like I said I was taught to go for the legs when I was in junior rugby. If the game has evolved and this is now something they teach then maybe this is one of the fundamental problems with Australian rugby.
I am certainly not a coach but if they teach you to go high now then your only promoting bad habits which either lead to
a) someone getting steamrolled over
b) some TMO wanting to interject about point of contact and asking the in field referee to issue a yellow/red card