Bryn Reveals How Kubota Scouted Dave Rennie's tactics
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How did Kubota prepare for the Japan Rugby League One final?
Right, one of the big questions that we're going to be asking this year I suppose is all about how the All Blacks are going to play under Dave Rennie and Mike Blair and Tana Umunga and Neil Barnes and Jason Ryan. So one of the best insights that we could possibly get would be how they're playing in the Japanese league and we just happened to have a bloke on the podcast, his name's Bryn Hall and he played against Dave Rennie's team Corbett in the final of the Japan league. So Brenna, let's have a chat about exactly how you guys previewed Colbert and how you went about figuring out, let's start maybe on attack, how to shut down the way that they attack.
Yeah, look, they have a very, very explosive athletes. You know, your likes of your Brodie Retallick, Artie Sevier and the players that they do have. So look, they were very, very good at their ball carry into contact. And whether that was off their nine or whether that was off Gatlin or their 10, very good in and around winning collisions around that area. So we touched on being able to do with Scott McLeod around 2v1 and being very physical around the breakdown area. So, you know, when you've got big ball carriers like, you know, an Artie Sevier or Brodie Retallick, having 2v1 ball under ball and being able to smother and I guess slow down that quick ball was a really big part for us this week when playing them because if they do get that quick ball then they're back swinging with kind of what Mike Blair touched around them swinging and using the ball they were very very good at that with with Kobe this year and I think lastly their click attack and turnover ball whether that was line out throws being able to do quick taps playing on top of teams and putting us under pressure
How important, you talk about the 2v1 tackle, shutting down time and space to one, buy time in that collision, but then two, for the repeat efforts of that,
Scott McLeod did a really good job for us, like our rock action leader and more so our leader, being able to be on their ball carrier, so a hammer or the three forwards that you traditionally see off an attack off nine. And being able to be outside shoulder, going into that space and then the damage either side of the ball, whether they were going on an out carry or stepping back inside, they do like to step back inside with the players they do have there. both going under the ball and being able to dominate that collision. Kind of like you touched on, Jipper, with the Blues against the Hurricanes and trying to stop their ball, right? So it was a big focus for us, which then in turn gets our line set nice and wide.
And if their backs were swinging, we were pretty much set and aligned and being able to know exactly who we were on and bringing that line speed pressure from the inside and also connected as well on the outside. With our bunker or the guy that's in the back, communicating on who you need to get to and who's on last and being able to stop them from that.
And just when you talk about rock action leaders, so for everyone, it's like there's the breakdown, then the first defender's rock, and the second's action, and then the lead is the third. And what Bryn's saying is to get to the pointy end of a pod is get the lead to there. Now, what I want to know about that, Bryn, is is that a double job for action to basically get up straight so it cuts the nine running,
and then have the ability once the pass goes to have that inside ball if they if that pointy end of that pod gives it back inside traditionally you would you would jip but i think with the corby nines and the way that we did preview it they weren't really running threats and there were no rovers they were kind of around the nine so you had pretty much license to know that as an action you were going to be on a double shoulder to go hard and off the lead so I think there's a big focus on our lead and our action, but I think also, you know, you've got a Brodie Retallick and an Ash Dixon, very good at tip balls.
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