Often, it is true that the harder they fall, and quite easily as well. I was reading a question posed by a coach on a forum asking how can one get a gentle giant to actually use his size rather than what’s currently happening – getting cut down in the tackle quite easily. There is [...]
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The Bigger They Are …
Posted in Selection, Technical, tagged footwork, positions, running, tackling, technique, use of space on 05/02/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Openside Flanker: George Smith Tribute
Posted in Selection, tagged history, positions, technique on 18/01/2011 | 2 Comments »
The wonderful blokes over at Green and Gold Rugby Blog posted a tribute video to Australia’s legendary George Smith today, and I thought it time to talk about another position – the openside flanker. Some have said that job of a fetching – someone who goes looking to steal the ball at every opportunity – [...]
The Modern Winger
Posted in Selection, tagged positions on 25/04/2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m told that in rugby’s “good old days” wingers suffered two dangers based being stood way out near the touch line. The first was suffering the wrath of forwards should he be too big headed about the tries he scored, having only been able to do so because of the hard work of those who [...]
The Case of the Shrinking Inside Centre
Posted in Selection, tagged attack, positions on 04/04/2010 | 2 Comments »
Continuing on from my last post on the joys of seeing small wingers given their chance, I would like to talk about another position which has again become as dynamic as it once was thanks to some ‘little guys’ – that of Inside Centre. I don’t know where the 6’4″ 220+ lb centre came from, [...]
Does Size Matter?
Posted in News / Issues, Selection, tagged history, issues, positions, use of space on 27/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
When 6’5″ and 250lb All Black winger Jonah Lomu broke on the scene back in the mid-1990s, it seemed everyone scrambled to find their own massive winger … Dean Hall for South Africa, a young Pierre Spies was a schoolboy wing until being moved to 8 (which was a reversal of Lomu’s experience), Steve Hanley [...]
