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| Our pack is huge..but slow, with (genrally) the pace of a clapped out JCB Although I have some ideas as to how to play around this (as well as tackling the problem head on.....), I was wondering if people had some ideas they'd like to share as to how to play with a big, strong, but glacially slow set of forwards..
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I doubt I can add anything that you haven;t already thought of but stuff along the lines of
*ensure you can expect to win 100% of your own set piece. W/out this the oppo will have the opportunity to run your big guys around and consistently play away from your numerical concentration
*try to aim to win as much oppo ball as possible (or spoil it- see below). If you have the ball you can dictate the game's pattern. Depriving the opposition of the ball is central.
*prepare defensive strategies that prevent the oppo from getting much width on their game. Keep the oppo close to your oack so you retain some sort of numerical equivalence, and your big guys don;t get run around and tired out.
*train to turn over/hold up oppo ball as much as possible. (ties in with spoilng oppo set piece ball). Keep the oppo ball scrappy so they cannot develop play with it, and look to turn it over (hold up mauls, drive into touch, turnover ruck ball)
*consider tactics such as a winger (?) as a tail gunner at the lineout to specifically target the oppo #10, or at least the #9/#10 channel to try and keep oppo play in the 15m area closer to your forwards rather than create width. If you are that big and strong and good at mauling/turnovers the oppo will presumably want to move play away from the lineout area if at all possible.
*attacking wise use the pack to drive mauls, pick and go, pop and hit, hammer etc. Probably a lack of width on your own game plans. Kicking strategies for territory but yoiu will be limited byu the chasing options so your kcikers have got to be GOOD - and kickiong potentialy provides the ball for the oppo to attack where your big guys are not. back row moves and centre linking to keep the ball near your forwards.
*double whammy move. Be aware that if you play a narrow game at some time oppos will react and maybe stop considering wider threats. Consier a couple of moves that will catch them on the hop - kick passes to a winger on the far touchline etc?
didds
There you go... easy innit? ! :-)
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