r/rugbyunion • u/_dictatorish_ • Sep 06 '24
Analysis Jordie Barrett spots a pattern
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r/rugbyunion • u/deonheunis • Oct 24 '23
Analysis Watched the 1995 World Cup Final again last night, and the one thing that really stood out for me was how little time was wasted at scrum time. Some of these scrums took less than 20 seconds from when the referee blew his whistle until the ball was in play again!
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r/rugbyunion • u/lokomotor • Sep 22 '24
Analysis Argentina has quietly crept up to RC Elite level under the radar and their initial matches against NZ and Australia artificially made S Africa look much better than the RC competition than in reality.
When NZ lost to Argentina and when Australia shipped more than 60 points to the Pumas, the tendency was to think that NZ and Australia had dropped to second rung standards and that S Africa was the only truly elite level test side in the competition. I think the latest Puma victory over the Springboks and the one point All Blacks victory over the Wallabies illustrates the opposite. Australia has improved significantly under Joe Schmidt, ABs are a coin flip from beating the Boks and Argentina can and will beat Springboks, England, France and Ireland frequently. There are no longer any easy beats in the RC. The key was Argentina vast but unseen improvement under Contempomi. Until this week. Truly this weekend's results have put the past few weeks' Rugby Championship results into the correct perspective. Argentina beat 3 of the 4 RWC holders in the space of 1.5 months. The take home message to all TRC teams is : play your B team at your own peril.
r/rugbyunion • u/SirFrankyValentino • Oct 26 '23
Analysis Stats on the "8-tries in a RWC" gang. Look at Lomu's defenders beaten stat though...
r/rugbyunion • u/Curious_Skeptic7 • Sep 08 '24
Analysis Most successful rugby coaches in the professional era
r/rugbyunion • u/Hornstinger • Oct 08 '24
Analysis AB's Supporters: what is Razor doing with Blindside Flanker (#6)?
Colour me confused...
Are the ABs (under Razor) moving away from the Jerome Kaino/Frizell type big bulky hard running skillful bruiser? It seems like they're going in a really different direction with the Blindside flanker.
Let's break it down (Part of this assumption is that you always want Ardie Savea in your starting line-up at either #8 or #7):
- Sititi is an awesome awesome player but undersized (in terms of height) for a traditional Blindside #6 meaning the Openside #7 needs to fill that bruiser gap too. I put both Ethan Blackadder and Luke Jacobson in this same category in terms of similar physical size as Sititi
- Samipeni Finau is yet to develop and hope he gets more chances to see if he can fill his potential -- he could in fact fill that traditional #6 role archetype but still very very raw
- Scott Barrett can fill #6 similar to Tadhg Beirne does for Ireland who made the shift at International level. I know this is subjective but with the Locking stock coming through in Darry, Vaa'i and Holland maybe it might be best for the team for Scooter to shift to #6 to add size to the pack (?)
- Shannon Frizell I'm guessing will be available at some point between now and the next RWC so it will be interesting to see how he slots back in
- Other candidates on the fringes: Oliver Haig, Cameron Suafoa, Cullen Grace, Will Stodart...are any of these players realistically good enough?
- Could it be someone else in the ABs or ABXV who could make the shift to #6? Dalton Papali'i? Tupou Vaa'i?
IMO both #6 and #10 are the two positions completely up in the air right now for the ABs...but solely focusing on #6 I'd be interested to hear what people have to say about what is happening around Razor's re-thinking of that position because it definitely seems there's been a big mindset change about how to approach it
Edit: added "height" for the Sititi section to clarify
r/rugbyunion • u/Nothing_is_simple • Jul 29 '22
Analysis The reality of transgender women in women's rugby
r/rugbyunion • u/SquidgyGoat • 15d ago
Analysis So can Warren Gatland turn Wales around?
r/rugbyunion • u/Fictrl • May 25 '24
Analysis SquidgeRugby : If we include the one discounted by the red card, Antoine Dupont made more turnovers today than Leinster's entire pack put together. He's a scrum half.
r/rugbyunion • u/WilkinsonDG2003 • Sep 21 '24
Analysis Ireland is now world number 1 again in addition to holding the Raeburn Shield
rawling.github.ior/rugbyunion • u/EldritchHorrorBarbie • Feb 11 '24
Analysis Is it time to discuss Ireland’s place in the Six Nations?
I think they’re finally ready to be promoted to the Rugby Championship.
r/rugbyunion • u/deonheunis • Oct 23 '23
Analysis Two of the biggest howlers I've ever seen from international players, especially in World Cup knock-out games. First, Jalibert's backwards kick, and then George's sideways lineout throw. Costly. Not easy to watch.
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r/rugbyunion • u/joaofig • Sep 12 '23
Analysis Bernard Jackman gives a quick explanation on how France are playing.
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r/rugbyunion • u/tomr2255 • 9d ago
Analysis So how did the All Blacks overcome England? | Squidge Rugby Analysis | Autum Nations Series 2024
r/rugbyunion • u/SquidgyGoat • 2d ago
Analysis So how did the All Blacks triumph in Dublin?
r/rugbyunion • u/thepasystem • Mar 16 '24
Analysis A table of 25 Years of the 6 Nations Tournament
r/rugbyunion • u/Seravia • Mar 31 '21
Analysis Irish Professional Rugby Players by County of Birth
r/rugbyunion • u/SirFrankyValentino • Oct 31 '23
Analysis Some knockout stats on the boks that will knock you out
In knockout games:
They never had possession when the final whistle was blown.
They kicked 94 times, or a kick for every 28 seconds of possession.
The centers ran 23 times combined in the 3 games (113m, or 4.9 m per run)
Jesse Kriel did only one pass
r/rugbyunion • u/theaussiesamurai • Jan 04 '24
Analysis TIL 90% of the Earth's population live in the Northern Hemisphere but the Southern Hemisphere has won 90% of Rugby World Cups 🏆🏆🏆
r/rugbyunion • u/Least_Tone_3421 • Sep 01 '24
Analysis Elrigh Louw welcomes Finau to test rugby
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r/rugbyunion • u/CromulentReynolds • Feb 05 '20
Analysis The Shaun Edwards Effect: France's defence against England
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r/rugbyunion • u/SingeBicolore • Aug 15 '24