Some Great Super 14 Clips

Panic shot through a YouTube clip of Super 14 highlights that demonstrated a lot of the work we did on Tuesday night in full speed. Check out the embedded clip below and then peep after the jump for some of Panic's commentary.




Pay particular attention to the first two highlights, quick ball and offloading in the tackle. The ball carrier breaks the first line of defense then offloads to a support player coming at pace. This is exactly what we are teaching at practice.

Except for Joe Roccocko's try and an intercepted pass, all of these tries were scored by the support player. It is the support players responsibility to be with their teammates when they make a run for it. With that in mind, the ball carrier cannot act like a 7's super star and make a dozen cuts, make a hard move, hit the hole then offload. Think, always moving north to south.

Scrum half did a great job with the quick ball, when the forwards blew over the ball he did the grab and go, no hesitation. If that ball is out, its gotta move away from the breakdown.

Key Points:

• Benson Stanley Try - full team support, break the line then look to set something up with your support


• Johnathan Poff Try - Perfect offload by the hooker, EXACTLY what we are teaching in practice


• Jacques Fourie Try - No. 12 hit the gap and made two defenders commit to him, which opened it up for No. 13


• Joe Rokocoko Try - When we use the word, "finisher" we mean some one like this guy
  Patrick Phibbs Try - From a standstill the 8man hit a hole and then popped the ball to a supporter coming in hard (perfect)


• Karl Lowe Try - Nanu, No. 12 does a double stutter and it kills the forward progression (no good). One rucker and quick ball can create an overload where you have 10 men against 5. Quick ball=tries