We take a look at the issue of offloading and ask \u2018when is the right time to offload?\u2019<\/p>\n
THERE\u2019S BEEN QUITE a bit of discussion around Simon Zebo\u2019s offload attempt in the build-up to Nick Phipps\u2019 try for Australia against Ireland on Saturday evening in Dublin.
\nThe Irish player in question means it\u2019s arguably been more of a talking point than it might have been if, for example, Tommy Bowe had attempted the same action. Others may point out that Bowe simply wouldn\u2019t have looked to offload in this instance.
\nFirst of all, it\u2019s worth looking again at the specific incident, which came in the 18th minute of the first half.<\/p>\n
The context here is that Ireland have built a remarkable 17-0 lead at this early stage of the game, setting themselves up encouragingly for the remaining 62 minutes or so.
\nRobbie Henshaw claims a Johnny Sexton garryowen superbly and sends Ireland back onto the front foot. Zebo is present as first receiver, accepting the pass from Conor Murray and then immediately spotting that Bernard Foley is shooting up in defence.<\/p>\n
The Australian out-half\u2019s decision to rush up closes off the direct pre-contact passing option for Zebo to Sexton on his left, but it absolutely opens up space in behind Foley, exactly the gap that Zebo spots.
\nThe 24-year-old wing stretches out a right hand as he is tackled by Matt Toomua, attempting to release the ball behind Foley\u2019s back. Unfortunately, the Australia out-half has already turned back downfield and manages to get a hand to the ball………………this article is supported by video and images to see more got to :- http:\/\/www.thescore.ie\/simon-zebo-offload-ireland-australia-1798711-Nov2014\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We take a look at the issue of offloading and ask \u2018when is the right time to offload?\u2019 THERE\u2019S BEEN QUITE a bit of discussion around Simon Zebo\u2019s offload attempt in the build-up to Nick Phipps\u2019 try for Australia against Ireland on Saturday evening in Dublin. The Irish player in question means it\u2019s arguably been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5888,7575,5983,9662,5749,15504,5625,8710,6153,7043,5743,5745,15488,6260],"class_list":["post-77074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ulster-rugby","tag-a","tag-away","tag-from","tag-never","tag-of","tag-offload","tag-player","tag-risk","tag-take","tag-that","tag-the","tag-to","tag-want","tag-you"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633125,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074\/revisions\/633125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}