This is an excellent post - thanks. I saw that Wellington game too and grimaced as Love threw it away.
Making an accurate overloading decision in the heat of a line break is a complex set of skills. Having the intent to promote the ball with the right skills but a cool head to only do so at the right time is elite. Hoping Sititi being back helps here too.
Again caveated by me not really knowing what I’m talking about but the offloads in that second test felt more squidge aligned than the first.
I think the point that even a really quick ruck reduces the likelihood of scoring dramatically is a really interesting one.
Perhaps it’s like the ‘stale domination’ in football that plagued Arsene Wenger.
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He’s no doubt a full time rugby geek, but this is an online rugby forum so we’re all a bit guilty of that too .
Is it good take that the pop pass / offload high continuity game used to be the way the game was played down here (NZ) but isn’t so much now and the preference is for a quick ruck?
Is it deemed too risky / inaccurate?
Hey rugby brainiacs,
My idiot workmates and I have been talking about the 1 second ruck / pop pass described by Squidge Rugby on YouTube [here ] (
)Assuming it’s what Les Frenchies will be bringing this week.
But me and my workmates don’t know what we are talking about so I’m asking here: Why is the offload / pop out of a tackle or ruck not the way super rugby is played? Surely we got the skillz? Wouldn’t this suit an up tempo AB style?