World cup rugby patterns

If you are reading this as you are watching the world cup, you are seeing video about how to play this pattern. Nearly all teams are doing the basics of this pattern.

1. Running scrum half off ruck
2. Pod running off fly half.
3. Using a wide field, and then switching directions.
4. Lift and drive lineout technique on offensive and defense.
5. Off the top lineouts with scrum half catching ball in stride.
6. Quick taps, quick lineouts.
7. Defensive pressure in scrums (which ruins most offensive scrum attack possibilities)
8. Lack of structured back moves.
9. In open play every player is a rugby player, all ruck, all run, all tackle, all pass.
10. 0 man defensive rucks.
11. Forwards pick and jamming off rucks.


What you don't see from old time rugby:
1. Forward pods running off rucks.
2. Short kickoffs to forwards.
3. Lots of defenders in ruck.
4. Complex back moves.
5. Open field mauls.
6. Lineout peels.
7. Penalty plays.
8. "Slow ball"
9. Defensive rucks.


Rugby has definitely changed. You have a game plan that is ahead of the curve in America. Watch the USA Tonga game and see the 'slow ball' tactics, the slow lineout mauls fail to get a drive, and understand just how difficult modern rugby is if you play slow.