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Rugby is always moving on to new areas and arenas, desperately trying to keep one step ahead of itself, because every time someone pulls out a powerful play , the innovation is ripped to pieces by video analysis and leaves the game seeking the next trend.
We were reminded yesterday of the trendiest of these at the Rugby World Cup. The box-kick, delivered high and hopefully mighty by the scrum-half over the heads of his own forwards after a lineout, ruck or scrum, has become so frequent that it is as if the skies are raining balls. It is essentially a conservative play in which a high kick is delivered so that it lands on the opponents catching it at precisely the same time as the…
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