Ian Madigan

Yeah, because recent games that we've won, we won the aerial contest against Australia.

No, like there was still like big improvements from like my big bugbear from the New Zealand game was we weren't even giving the chasers opportunities to get up and compete on enough occasions whereas we actually largely did.

Now Prendergast had a few in the second half that have just gone too far.

Yeah.

And, you know, look, there'll be frustrations around that for sure.

But focusing on like the box kicking game, we actually were getting it there accurate.

Look, we're also measuring one game and specifically the first half, nine instances.

It's not a massive test pool.

It's not like this is something that we can still correct and get on top of for the remainder of the competition.

Oh, yeah.

I've kind of covered it there.

It just...

detail that that that the english guys talk about it you know what foot are you jumping off what angle are you landing on um are you slapping it back to the left to the right are you dominating the aerial space that you know understanding the length of the kick is a big one because if the kick is a fraction too long maybe it's best off not competing because that's when your risk of yellow and red cards because of the collisions in the in the air

Ensuring that you're dominating the space, catching the ball or tapping the ball back at the apex of your jump.

You'll hear these guys talking about hang time in the air.

gravity's gravity, but that's part of the art form.

So, yeah, it's just, it's a huge part of the game and it's what it provides you with off the back of winning or losing the ball.

down on the right side that's typically the better side for us to go down because it's a better angle for the nine to box kick off and he's not the tallest of guys or the biggest of frame but what he does have is a phenomenal spring his timing up with the ball the angle that he catches it at and he's just a phenomenal rugby player

No, it's not.

And the other side of it is it's a closed skill as well.