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I've seen it used plenty of times as a one-off; including at RWC15 (Fiji IIRC); the Prem, and Super rugby.
It's value is in surprise; and it's about as effective, and about as common as standing off the line-out refusing to allow the maul to form.
It only worked that well against England because our captain, and Haskell (at the very least; a few others as well apparently) simply didn't get it, even when explained to them in words of one syllable. Obviously, it all changed once Eddie had had a word. Personally, I was absolutely furious that an international captain doesn't seem to know the diffrence between a tackle and a ruck.
I can perfectly accept that they've not seen it used before; I doubt that these guys watch much rugby that they isn't replays of themselves; and occassional specific moves by opponents; but they've probably seen it before and just told themselves that the ref had made a mistake, rather than understanding what was actually happening.
As a tactic, it works when used sparingly, but should be relatively easily negated by a side with brains - it worked for 40 minutes against England because we didn't even understand what was happening, and without that, can't hope to come up with a counter on the hoof. The counter was obviously (to me) worked out by the coaches, and easily coached into the players at HT, and from then on, it was pretty much one-way traffic.
It's value is in surprise; and it's about as effective, and about as common as standing off the line-out refusing to allow the maul to form.
It only worked that well against England because our captain, and Haskell (at the very least; a few others as well apparently) simply didn't get it, even when explained to them in words of one syllable. Obviously, it all changed once Eddie had had a word. Personally, I was absolutely furious that an international captain doesn't seem to know the diffrence between a tackle and a ruck.
I can perfectly accept that they've not seen it used before; I doubt that these guys watch much rugby that they isn't replays of themselves; and occassional specific moves by opponents; but they've probably seen it before and just told themselves that the ref had made a mistake, rather than understanding what was actually happening.
As a tactic, it works when used sparingly, but should be relatively easily negated by a side with brains - it worked for 40 minutes against England because we didn't even understand what was happening, and without that, can't hope to come up with a counter on the hoof. The counter was obviously (to me) worked out by the coaches, and easily coached into the players at HT, and from then on, it was pretty much one-way traffic.
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