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<blockquote data-quote="Nubiwan" data-source="post: 857903" data-attributes="member: 43441"><p>Agree! The box kick is overused and hardly disguised. Its like. Here it comes lads. Have to say it was very effective with Murray kicking the ball, but the outings with Laidlaw and Webb proved to be disappointing in terms of their accuracy, and just general overuse of the tactic. It's almost like the Lions admitting they don't want to run out from inside their own half. What is equally worrying has been some of our defending of the same tactic when the NZ sides have used it. 9 times out of 10, they seem to come down with the ball, or at least force some sort of error to our wingers or fullback. I know it is a territorial game for the Lions, but it occurs to me that at some point, they might well have to run the ball from under their own sticks, or inside their own half, in order to get back into a match. It'll be completely foreign for them. Perhaps in the earlier games, if expendable in terms of the final score, they could attempt to be a little more enterprising than a f3cking box kick. I swear it is at least 50 percent of our possession kicked away. If the Lions dont back themselves now, then we can be sure the sphincters will be tighter than a ducks proverbial going into those test games. Box kick city - here we come. Shee-ite!</p><p></p><p>I thought Biggars kick offs were pretty friggin excellent against the Highlanders. Things were hanging in the air for 4 or 5 seconds and the resultant chase was generally equally decent. Plenty of the NZ kick offs, in comparison, went to Stander who was basically allowed to start running with little pressure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nubiwan, post: 857903, member: 43441"] Agree! The box kick is overused and hardly disguised. Its like. Here it comes lads. Have to say it was very effective with Murray kicking the ball, but the outings with Laidlaw and Webb proved to be disappointing in terms of their accuracy, and just general overuse of the tactic. It's almost like the Lions admitting they don't want to run out from inside their own half. What is equally worrying has been some of our defending of the same tactic when the NZ sides have used it. 9 times out of 10, they seem to come down with the ball, or at least force some sort of error to our wingers or fullback. I know it is a territorial game for the Lions, but it occurs to me that at some point, they might well have to run the ball from under their own sticks, or inside their own half, in order to get back into a match. It'll be completely foreign for them. Perhaps in the earlier games, if expendable in terms of the final score, they could attempt to be a little more enterprising than a f3cking box kick. I swear it is at least 50 percent of our possession kicked away. If the Lions dont back themselves now, then we can be sure the sphincters will be tighter than a ducks proverbial going into those test games. Box kick city - here we come. Shee-ite! I thought Biggars kick offs were pretty friggin excellent against the Highlanders. Things were hanging in the air for 4 or 5 seconds and the resultant chase was generally equally decent. Plenty of the NZ kick offs, in comparison, went to Stander who was basically allowed to start running with little pressure. [/QUOTE]
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