Comments on: Analysis: How Dummy Runners Helped Wales Beat England

By: stroudos

stroudos — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:52:02 +0000

On point 3 – surely 14 players all shouting Yes and looking like they might receive the ball is exactly what you want? Keep the oppo guesssing and having to prepare to defend multiple possibilities. Yes, the scrumhalf will make the decision and he probably already has in mind his preferred option, but the more options the opposition thinks he has the better.

By: Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 19:25:48 +0000

Dummy run’s have their moment, and I wish Cuthbert was always the dummy, less time he has the ball the better. (I’ve ran out of patience with that guy)

But I think something is being overlooked in all of this, if you attempt the dummy run and remember “they are options” the problem is, some players go into autopilot mode and just run with hands up with no intention of catching, then they just run into the opposition and give away needless obstruction’s. It happened a fair bit in todays game, not to much “dummy runs” but “watch me run in the way of the opposition when I have no intention of being involved in the play”.

What commenters often refer to as “slowly returning” or “looking a bit tired” is more often than not, veiled obstruction with intent. Both Wales & Fiji did it tonight and it frustrated the hell outta me. If it’s part of fast attacking movement that’s fine and what we want to see, but when it’s slow paced it’s just obstruciton

By: Benjit

Benjit — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:42:44 +0000

Shouldn’t the title be “How Wales runners beat Dummy England”?

By: Jez

Jez — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:39:52 +0000

Wales dummy runners? Worked a treat against England for the one line break they achieved, that came from an individual error, and was easily defused by a covering defender. The Welsh midfield attack is predictable, easily defended and totally negative. (And that’s not saying England are any better.) Both teams run one angle and repeat before kicking away possession. You want to see how to do it properly, watch Australia who are the best at it or NZ.