The Anatomy of a Try – Christelle Le Duff vs South Africa August 2014
As the Womens World Cup enters the semi-final stages I thought it'd be good to look back at one of the best tries from the pool stages, Christelle Le Duff's second against, a poor, South Africa. The try doesn't really mean much in the context of the game, but it's worth looking at because it comes from a well worked strike move. Strike moves are literally the Holy Grail of back play, it's one of those...
The Anatomy of a Try – Katherine Merchant vs Samoa August 2014
The IRB Women's Rugby World Cup is currently underway and the first round of games saw two big wins for the Black Ferns of New Zealand who beat Kazakhstan 79-5, and England who put Samoa away in a 65-3, 10 try rout, though it was a score line that belied the hard work put in by Samoa in this compelling game. You can follow the world cup here: Women's Rugby World Cup where their is daily news and videos, including...
The Anatomy of a Try – Bernard Foley vs ACT Brumbies July 2014
The Waratahs have featured quite heavily in our The Anatomy of a Try section. Folau and Beale (in a Wallabies jersey) have both touched down, and this week it's the turn of Bernard Foley. I'm a big fan of Foley, he is a talented footballer who played and captained the Australian 7's on the 2010/11 IRB World Sevens circuit. He's a classic Australian 10 sporting a great running and passing game, bags of guts and is...
The Anatomy of a Try – Kurtley Beale Australia vs France June 2014
There have been some fantastic tries scored over the course of the June Tests, Ben Smiths length of the field counter is a real favourite, but two that really caught my attention were Nick Cummins and Kurtley Beales tries in the first Australia vs France tests. The Beale try particularly stands out for me for a number of reasons. The first Beales excellent pass and then his support running, but also the fact that all the dummy runners...
Anatomy of a Try – Ben Smith New Zealand vs England June2014
It's been a couple of weeks since our last Anatomy of a Try, or Video, but we touched on this try in our article focusing on the second test. It's an absolute gem and a lot happens in the sequence so I wanted to come back and break it down in a bit of detail. England had a great start to this test match but you're never going to sit on a lead against the All Blacks, so it can't have been much of a...
The Anatomy of a Try: Lamerat ASM Clermont Auvergne vs Castres Olympique May 2014
For the second year in a row Castres Olympique upset the apple cart by beating the colossal ASM Clermont in the Top 14 play offs. To be fair to Castres, they are defending champions but having finished 6th in the regular season, no one gave them much of a chance against Clermont and their winning streak at home. The thing is, Rugby in France is all about the playoffs, and teams that may have cruised a little in the regular season...
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