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VIDEO: Milner-Skudder is Back
By Fred Culazzo
Nehe Milner-Skudder is back in action after spending three months on the sidelines through injury. The winger was in fine form as he managed to get 25 minutes of game time under his belt in Perth. He also treated All Blacks fans and selectors to a few trademark Skudder-steps as the Hurricanes ran out 34-12 winners.
It's a timely return for Skudder given the All Blacks squad will be announced on Thursday. There's plenty of competition in the back three, but having proven himself at the highest level, Hansen should find space in the squad for him.
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There is nothing particularly significant about Ireland in this regard compared to other Tier 1 nations. To look at 'strategy' for illegal play its best to see what teams push boundaries with new laws. SA have milked two tries at ruck block downs. The strategy is to charge the first few before the ball is out at about 4 seconds but pull out and put up hands in reigned apology. The referees usually allow the scum half to clear without awarding a penalty in this scenario. The problem with that being that the scrumhalf is now taking over 5 seconds through no fault of his own. Having achieved a few slow balls > 5s , the SA forward can now pick a scrum to charge dead on 5s. Now if the scrum half waits, he will concede a penalty, as we saw against Scotland. With the new rule in place, any early charge should result in an immediate penalty.
SA also got an offside block against England which was pivotal again after a couple of 'apologetic' offside aborted charges forcing England to clear slowly.
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