Andy Farrell’s side are showing signs of continued development in their clever attack.
ANDY FARRELL’S IRELAND at their best have great flow in their phase-play attack. Their ability to deliver fluidity, connection, and decision-making prowess in this part of the game is arguably their superpower.
We saw signs of one new flourish against Italy that Ireland may look to build on as they face England in their second World Cup warm-up game in Dublin this evening [KO 5.30pm, RTÉ].Below, we see a familiar set-up from Ireland ‘off 9′ – meaning when they have a pod of forwards set up to receive the ball directly from the scrum-half. It’s actually lock Iain Henderson acting as the makeshift scrum-half, but the shape is what we’re interested in.
Ireland regularly use a similar set-up when they play ‘off 10′ – meaning the scrum-half passes to the out-half or another back, with a pod of forwards operating outside that back. There were a handful of examples in the game – some successful, some not – including the one below in the second half as Ireland play off 9, with Henderson standing in as scrum-half again.
Watch below as Ireland play off 10 and Doris tips on to Jack Conan, who nearly gets an offload away to Jimmy O’Brien swinging up from the boot. In reality, it wasn’t a clear offloading chance for McCarthy with a second Italian defender in close proximity to the ball, but we can see that O’Brien reminds himself to run that line even after initially fading away from the ball.
Henshaw doesn’t start directly behind the pod of Irish forwards, therefore denying the defence an early cue, instead swinging into position late to accept a wonderfully skillful ‘shoulder’ pass from Conan just after he receives the ball. Note below how O’Brien [red below] is set up as the obvious first receiver, with Crowley [yellow] outside him.
Again, note the actions of Crowley in the boot. There’s not really a chance for Doris to offload but Crowley is thinking about the possibility of getting the ball or having to hit the breakdown. Once he’s happy that neither of those things is happening, he fades off to set up for the next phase.
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