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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 90196">I don&#039;t think its a new form of rugby. When Scotland under Matt Williams insisted on kicking away possession deep, they used to hemorage alot of points from tries scored by their opponents attack fromd deep for example.Its just that the All Blacks have through instinct and through careful planning and preparation have mastered how to do this as a matter of applying a pre-drilled method learnt on the training pitch to any situation.They have always had this counter-attacking, devil may care instinct, it is almost as if thousands of years ago the Welsh and the Maori shared the same island together or something. But in the last three or four years, the amount of training that has gone into using this instinct and through hard training and planning, thus equips some of the most intelligent players in the game with the ability to attack from deep, from turnover, from a collected clearance kick not only as second nature but with the cognitive skills to create a well worked and strategically sound move out of it.It is true as SANZAR pointed out in an earlier discussion, that when a break happens or the Kiwis attack from deep, the runner is suddenly supported by two, three, even four runners. That may be instinct, maybe even supernatural, but there is a structured, pre-planned emphasis on this that we haven&#039;t seen in an All Black side before.Thats what makes them the best team in the world, but its not exactly a brand new type of rugby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 90196"] I don't think its a new form of rugby. When Scotland under Matt Williams insisted on kicking away possession deep, they used to hemorage alot of points from tries scored by their opponents attack fromd deep for example. Its just that the All Blacks have through instinct and through careful planning and preparation have mastered how to do this as a matter of applying a pre-drilled method learnt on the training pitch to any situation. They have always had this counter-attacking, devil may care instinct, it is almost as if thousands of years ago the Welsh and the Maori shared the same island together or something. But in the last three or four years, the amount of training that has gone into using this instinct and through hard training and planning, thus equips some of the most intelligent players in the game with the ability to attack from deep, from turnover, from a collected clearance kick not only as second nature but with the cognitive skills to create a well worked and strategically sound move out of it. It is true as SANZAR pointed out in an earlier discussion, that when a break happens or the Kiwis attack from deep, the runner is suddenly supported by two, three, even four runners. That may be instinct, maybe even supernatural, but there is a structured, pre-planned emphasis on this that we haven't seen in an All Black side before. Thats what makes them the best team in the world, but its not exactly a brand new type of rugby. [/QUOTE]

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