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soapy
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Fri, 11 October 02 16:09 GMT
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we used the AB alignment in a tourno this summer - worked an absolute treat as the oppo lined up their defence either side of the scrum so we guaranteed the overlap. we did have the upper hand in the match though, and their flankers weren't that great, or else we probably wouldn't have risked it.....
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steve johnson
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Thu, 03 October 02 09:32 GMT
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Sorry I pressed the wrong button. To continue with new alignments, the England thinking of truck and trailer offers a lot. We have a very quick back 3, and conventional play just does not give them the ball enough, so we are working on 10,12 and 13 as playmakers, and 11, 14 and 15 all coming in the same channel as the attacking midfielder. Thus, 10 - 12, 12 attacks his man, and 11, 14 and 15 all come into the same channel, so we have a 4 vs 1 attack. 12 either passes or offloads. In the worst case, the ball is rucked, and the three trailers are there way ahead of any defenders... We like it. The nice thing is that it is not complicated, 10 simply calls 12, 13 or 15, and everyone knows where the ball is going, their own alignment, and what they have to do, no complicated loops, scissors, etc. Good luck in your search.
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steve johnson
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Thu, 03 October 02 09:25 GMT
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We did it, but you can only do it once a year/decade, especially if you are being videoed/televised. It worked a treat in our regional final (televised), and we were hammered in our national championships by a team that had seen the video (dirty trick - what?). The thing is that 4 players stream off at high speed in one direction, and they don't receive the ball. The other two stream off in the other direction, and a very flat pass is delivered from the SH. The key to success is in attracting the defensive back row to the decoy runners. Our scrum was wheeled right, we went right, and made about a 45 yard gain. Lovely stuff! There is an even better play by the Australians in about 1998 I think. They lined up in the same way near the right touch line, but kept the left winger HUGELY out wide, attracting an AB defender. One player went on a very short decoy run. The other backs streamed out wide at speed, and at the crucial moment, Jason Little turned inside his man for an untouched try. There was a small suspicion of obstruction, but there you go.
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glasgow
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Thu, 03 October 02 08:00 GMT
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therugbycoach, could you please expand on this a bit, who stands where, when you'd most likely use it and what moves etc you'd run off it. Cheers
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therugbycoach
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Wed, 02 October 02 18:25 GMT
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I have used to some success a "W" allignment which give a lot of options for varying attacks, but a team needs to be very "game aware."
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strawbs
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Tue, 01 October 02 22:18 GMT
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We used it a couple of times at a junior level, it relied on us winning clean ball and punching through in sequence. We wer'nt up to the skill or speed level needed to make it really usefull.
One small variation in backs positioning we used was to have the second centre and winger a full "extra" player away from the contact area, sort of a missing man set up, moving the ball that space wider seemed to make a difference in distance gained. Also gave somewhere for the flankers to aim.
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glasgow
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Tue, 01 October 02 16:35 GMT
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I recently watched a video of Eng vs AB 1997 (26 - 26). At one point during the game the AB backs all line up one behind the other in behind a scrum in a central position.
I'm always looking for ways to put questions into opposing backline defences and varying the alignment in which we stand is one of the ways we do it.
What I'm wondering is has anyone else tried this at all and was it a success? Do you have any other interesting variations that can be used in backline alignment?
Would be interested to hear any ideas.
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