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Late Tackle: Pulling a captain from the game
By RugbyPass
Making substitutions has become a key component in ensuring a late surge to win a game but there seems to be a trend of replacing a team’s captain early in the second half.
Fast forward to 26:44 for the discussion.
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The discussion came about with a reference to Siya Kolisi being substituted early against the Lions in Round 15 of Super Rugby, something which regularly happens to Argentina’s Agustin Creevy as well as Dylan Hartley – who played alongside Nic Groom for Northampton Saints.
Groom made some interesting comments from a current player’s perspective.
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So you have to be an international coach to have an opinion on rugby?
Go to commentsThere is a lot of this being said at the moment but Marcus Smith did miss a couple of drop goals of his own in the first half. Everything is in hindsight and you’d also need to be a brave coach to not make use of your bench replacements in a test.
NZ tried to resist making replacements in the second test against the Boks this year, and fatigued players just ended up making uncharacteristic errors at the end of the match.
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