At times I don't fully understand why teams kick.
Edit - not doubting them, I literally don't understand.
Edit - not doubting them, I literally don't understand.
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Seems something like that was the only way England were going to score a try.
Back within one point again.
I wonder if the Australia media will now appreciate that this is the actual level of the wallabies instead of dancing around hoping they’re world class.
The failure of rugby Australia post the 2003 World Cup will go down as the most shambolic shit show of piss poor management in sports history. Literally went from back to back World Cup finals to the sport teetering on returning to semi professional and code nearly broke.
well done you private school dickheads
The failure of rugby Australia post the 2003 World Cup will go down as the most shambolic shit show of piss poor management in sports history. Literally went from back to back World Cup finals to the sport teetering on returning to semi professional and code nearly broke.
well done you private school dickheads
Cynical dive by the Japanese player there. Always at it.
For England it’s the game plan. The very boring, safety first, game plan.
I forgot, you are from or in Australia? I noticed that fans and online posts have been very critical of Australia for a long time even under Rennie but the press somehow doesn't match that sentiment.
England will win this. The way they play is dreadful for all the resources they have though. Embarrassing really.
Well in fairness we drop the ball every time we try more than three passes in a row. Might as gain some ground before giving them the ball back.
Forget the wider resources, the players on the pitch surely have the talent to play better rugby?
OK.
It also puzzles me in other games. Is it to get a breather and reset sometimes?
There’s been way more handling errors than usual in this WC. Everyone’s at it. Humidity seems to be making the ball slippy. But why not back yourself? At least give it a go?
No, generally it's in the context of territory gain. You kick, chase and put pressure in the opposition's half. That's how France, South Africa and Ireland largely dominate teams.
The issue is that many teams don't have a good kicking game.
So many little errors from Japan that will ultimately gift the game to England. Win you're scrum there, go through a phase, kick out for HT. But now they've just given England 3 points instead.
Absolutely!
OK. I have watched our game evolve (with a huge degree of ignorance) from an almost entirely kicking based game into a much more expansive ball in hand style so I think I associate it with a regressive style.
I get when you can get behind and or put pressure on the receiver, but the end to end kicking exchanges with no pressure baffles me.
Errors aside. Their line out will be the main reason they lose. Can’t win a game of rugby when your own throw is a coin toss as to who ends up with the ball.
You don’t hire Borthwick if you want to play like that. I’m not massively bothered by having a kick heavy game, I’d back Steward and Daly in the air, but it’s almost comical at times how bad it is with ball in hand. I get that it’s humid, but it also seems to be a lot of passes not being put into the right places.
Yep, such stupid game management from them
They happen when neither team is able to get touch in a good area of the pitch so try to force the opposition to shoot for touch from as deep and as central as possible. Dropping it just short of the 22 is another tactic to put them under pressure. It’s a mini game of chess in the middle of the game.
I don't know, Fiji just won and their line-out was shite! (but you are right generally)
Not so sure about that tbh!
Running from deep is risky so I think certain teams will kick as part of a more risk averse game plan or others, like Fiji earlier at the end of the game with a slim lead, will do it at certain points in a game when they don't want to give away a turn over.
Kicking and keeping the ball in play they're hoping to chase and force an error from the opposition but if they find touch they've gained a huge amount of territory and can put pressure on the defensive line out. The chance of a 50-22 encourages it also. But you can get a period of foot tennis.
The best teams kick very well and often, it's the poor teams that don't really kick or kick poorly. The exception being Australia in the 90s-early 2000s, led by Gregan, who could beat the breaks of you while playing in a style that didn't rely on kicking or set phases.
Oh yeah. Good point. Japan’s line out is even worse though.
Cheers lads. I'll join all the dots eventually.
Japan are getting too excited, leaving the ball behind far too often.
Bloody hell Japan, just tidy it up a bit and you're in here
Knock on advantage and England kick it dead. Remarkable.
Hard watch this
Quality in this game is diabolical. No one is taking any authority.
England are lucky they're in an "easy" group here. They should go through because of that, but surely they won't be going any further.
Yeah, way more excusable for Japan than it is for England. If Japan just tidy up a bit here, the game is theirs
I know everyone's been wanging on about it for months but the lack of any kind of quality in this half of the competition is insane.
England have zero attacking patterns, are the back line even that good if we did manage to put anything together?
Daly and May are average, tuilangi one dimensional and no idea in marchant.
Daly and May are average, tuilangi one dimensional and no idea in marchant.
That georgian referee is flawless. It's been nearly 18 months of nearly perfect refereeing.
Going for the 3-pointer again. I know it gets the scoreline closer, but it doesn't help Japan in getting the lead.
Always think that’s a little harsh. Pinned at the bottom of a pile of players and penalised for not rolling away.
He’s excellent. So clear and decisive.
The game at its beautiful best
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