The World Cup in France is coming to an end and there are two matches left to decide the podium. We can sketch the rugby that will be played in 2023. A rugby where the space has been reduced because the players are bigger and faster and, above all, they no longer defend standing up and do not go into goal. mountain pileUnless the fishing opportunities are very favorable it is beyond a challenge. Otherwise, the maximum is to stay afloat, thus creating a thick defensive curtain.
kick the can
He defends himself while standing and abuses the kick. especially from kick to penalty area. The ‘Almond’ is a type of kick that makes offensive sense when it reaches enough height to give a teammate time to catch it at the top, resulting in a meter gain. If you can’t catch it, at least compete by putting pressure on the receiver or win the prize. mountain pile As a result or force to wait. But in this World Cup, we have seen hundreds of box kicks being indiscriminately scored into the opponent’s half, with no option to compete, thus giving the opponent counter-attacks with the wrong aim of eliminating the danger in their own half.
And then comes the game that defines modern rugby: struggle. In today’s rugby, you can win matches by forcing your opponent’s mistakes, and gain meters by tackling, without having the ball. Tackles, double tackles, or tackles that reach the initiated meeting point earn you meters, as long as they win. Despite finishing in the quarter-finals, Wales stand out above all else and are comfortably top of the table with 837 tackles across five matches, an average of 167.5 tackles per game. Second is New Zealand, who dropped the rate to 128.6 tackles with one more game and 65 fewer tackles. The Dragons established their playing credentials from day one at the World Cup, in this case taking on a Fiji who came within inches of beating them. Individually, Argentinian Kremer (74 tackles in six matches), Samoan Talitui (69 in four), Englishman Earl (65 in six matches) and Welshman Rowlands (65 in five) stand out.
Touch, assault weapon
Plays intensify with defenses standing, rainy kicks into the penalty area and tackles left and right, and opportunities to break defenses focus on static phases. To be more specific to touch. HE queue up It has become the most used reboot platform in all its varieties. If in front, mallets Disrupting the entry of the opposition defense by getting angry, as when Ireland scored the resulting penalty try against New Zealand, or by using the slowly but surely crushing mode as the Georgians often do.
The most dynamic version is to initially rally the defense, remove the striker from the equation, and then restart the attack with a powerful three-quarters. The alternative is less common because mallets They often result in heels posing in the first phase or a forward like Snyman against England in the adjacent phase. Undoubtedly, it was the weapon used most by the opponent 22 against the standing defenses in this World Cup. knob It’s a good resource for grouping and organizing them.
Supports and unloading
There is an element that has become even more decisive in this game of rugby, where the field is narrow and you look for the height of the kick to attack: supports. Passage after contact, commonly known as evacuation or evacuation, is a common resource that has moved from being a Polynesian or southern virtue to a common weapon. However, for this they need to have a partner who will support them, “a friend who will accompany them on the trip”. Today all players are capable of doing this, which has led to another great feature of the current game of rugby: high fight to immobilize the ball. In this respect, we have seen how referees prioritize protecting the health of players, showing yellow cards in the above conflicts; for example, a red card to Tom Curry against Argentina, or a yellow card to Ezebeth after colliding with Atonio. This World Cup saw seven reds.
Arbitration criterion
Exactly this has been one of the biggest controversies of the World Cup: Lack of uniformity in arbitration criteria. Same games at different resolutions depending on the referee’s origin. An Englishman doesn’t whistle like a New Zealander. Apparently the Fijian shirt does not weigh the same as an England or Wales shirt.
A lot has been said about Talking about the referee or keeping him out of the topic? As always in rugby. Until the microphones were listened to and TMO stepped in, giving an importance to refereeing that had not existed before. Focusing on these, it is not strange to mention that on top of the different criteria in decision-making, the usual doubts about what is happening in the dark world in turmoil are added. It is difficult to find a disorder, let alone one, where more than one disorder does not occur. And players certainly rely on them to gain the upper hand and subdue their opponents.
In this 2023 rugby, Scrums have rarely decided matches in this World Cup. Except for the England-South Africa epic where prop Ox Nché burst onto the field in the 50th minute to tackle Sinckler and land one blow after another, and Pollard put his team into the England 22 and into the game. . The old axiom that ‘no scrum, no win’ was borne out in a rugby match in another time.
This media rugby game also has its sights set on the coaches’ box. tablets and the intercom They become angry, and the extreme behavior of managers triggers audience peaks on broadcasts and social networks. A production worthy of the Truman Show in South Africa, with Rassie Erasmus as Jim Carrey. Besides Eddie Jones or Fabien Galthie, other recognizable assistants with a certain telegenicity, such as the ‘French’ Shaun Edwards, the ‘kiwi’ Joe Schmidt and James Ryan, the ‘Irish’ Mike Catt, are among the favorites of the camera…
Is there a lot of rehearsal? two speed
We saw 320 tries in 46 matches, which equates to a very high figure of 6.9 tries per match. A record inflated by group stage beatings: New Zealand-Italy (96-17), Ireland-Romania (82-8), New Zealand-Namibia (71-3), South Africa-Romania (76-0), France-Namibia (96-0), England-Chile (71-0), Scotland-Romania (84-0), New Zealand-Uruguay (73-0), France-Italy (60-7)… proof. There are actually two World Cups. It’s the group stage, where the ticket to the next World Cup is at stake, and the emergence of ‘smaller’ nations that add salt and pepper to the tournament, and the final qualifiers where they really compete.
Each person must draw conclusions. Is this rugby better or worse than previous World Cups? Different. Like eight of the previous nine teams, a team from the south will win this cup again. It broke the gap between South Africa and New Zealand to come out on top with three titles each. But if we’ve learned anything, if we haven’t already, it’s this: What happens during the four years from one World Cup to the next is not binding on the tournament. Rugby It is becoming more and more physical, as the players grow, the fields become narrower and shorter, they defend themselves better… But in the end it all comes down to the bounce of a ball, a rugby ball; It’s like life itself: Sometimes it plays tricks on you, sometimes it smiles at you. This forces you to be prepared for the best and the worst. Blessed almond. Blessed rugby.