Round 10 v Rabbits Game Day Thread

[phantom eel]

You fill the space. If the space is on your inside you push that way, even if it leaves an overlap. The defender inside dictates where you line up on any given play. If there's an overlap then you can slide if you're far enough away from your tryline. Otherwise you need to try and kill the play before it can get outside you.

Unless you want (and are confident enough) to show them a small amount of space on your inside... to create some indecision in the hope that they'll fluff it, be easier to tackle (for you or a covering teammate), or increase the difficulty for them to deliver the telling pass to the unmarked player/s?

 

[forward pass]

You fill the space. If the space is on your inside you push that way, even if it leaves an overlap. The defender inside dictates where you line up on any given play. If there's an overlap then you can slide if you're far enough away from your tryline. Otherwise you need to try and kill the play before it can get outside you.

Thanks for that Pou. And your explanation for his attempted tackle against the dogs when he came in and took no-one resulting in a try? This will be good.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Thanks for that Pou. And your explanation for his attempted tackle against the dogs when he came in and took no-one resulting in a try?

He just came in too soon and Reynolds read it well and made the right decision. The Dogs did have numbers, but they also didn't have much space, and our inside defenders seemed to have it covered. We were far enough from our line that we probably could have stopped the try just by sliding.

If we had been closer to our line though, I would say Semi definitely made the right decision (even if it still resulted in a try). If he had stayed put they would have just put it through the hands and crashed over on his inside. As soon as you're close enough to your own line that sliding isn't an option, the winger needs to pick a target and hope the playmaker makes the wrong decision.

The problem in that instance was that we weren't too close to our line, and still had the slide option (as I stated in my last post). Semi jumped too soon. That doesn't invalidate the particular defensive strategy though. All coaches use it, so it's probably not wrong.

This will be good.

Yes it was.

 

[84 Baby]

When there is an overlap, you never stand in front of your inside defender. Except if Pou is your defence coach.

Umbrella defence. Semi's just got to time his charge better. Worst result should be try in corner