Rugby World Cup Samoa One of the high attacks
Samoa, where Japan will play in the third round of the Rugby World Cup, showed a high attack power in the first match against Russia on the 24th, but there were also challenges.
Samoa was against Russia, and the first half used a lot of kicks, so he couldn't hold the ball very much, and he couldn't get the tempo of the attack due to a delay in the ball launch from the rack. It was.
However, in the second half of the season when the players of Scrum Half were replaced, the bax teams put out an early attack from the rack and created an attack that created a number-dominant situation centered on the command tower, Tusi Pisi, who was also active in the top league. Gave 5 trials.
The defensive team was quick to launch and repeated strong tackles, and did not allow Russia to try with a tackle success rate of 87% throughout the match.
However, in the first half, two players were temporarily left for a dangerous tackle, and there were times to play with 13 people, and nine penalties were committed three times more than Russia.
At the post-match press conference, Steve Jackson Head Coach said, “We talked about calming in halftime and changed our tactics to hold more balls and play rugby. The tackle has to be a little more disciplined. I want to improve my game. "