The Irish coaches suspected that Joe Schmidt came up with the clever plan.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Paris WHEN THE ALL Blacks use four-man lineouts, it’s generally only on their own five-metre line or close to it.
But they used a four-man lineout play to devastating effect against Ireland on Saturday night to score a try that Andy Farrell’s men will likely view as having been too easy for the All Blacks, who are lethal when you give them a sniff. There are a couple of things to note in the first phase. Firstly, what a four-man lineout means for the defence. Obviously, a few of the forwards have to defend as part of the backline 10 metres back.
Ireland don’t have to defend against many attacking four-man lineouts very often for the aforementioned reasons but funnily enough, there were two examples in their pool stage games against South Africa and Tonga. As it turns out, Takulua plays a clever inside pass to number eight Vaea Fifita at a late stage, catching Ireland off guard.
De Klerk gets the ball away and we can see that Furlong has been left behind by Ireland’s linespeed again. While the Boks play into midfield here and concede a turnover to Ireland, the All Blacks were clearly intrigued by the possibilities. Ireland’s defence initially reacts in the same way as before, with Bealham left behind by the linespeed from van der Flier outside him.
As Mo’unga accelerates, he magnifies the worry for Sheehan by dummying a pass back inside to Jordan, inviting Sheehan to sit off Mo’unga.
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