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Watch: Malakai Fekitoa's superb reflex try assist for Josua Tuisova
By RugbyPass
Ex-All Black midfielder Malakai Fekitoa pulled off a superb piece of skill against Stade Français, setting up his side's only try in the 37-10 loss.
The 26-year-old centre batted back a grubber kick that was destined to roll past the dead ball line, keeping the ball in play for Fijian winger Josua Tuisova to dive on the loose ball in the in goal. The Contortionist effort by Fekiota was an impressive piece of skill, beating opposition winger Julien Arias to the ball and then flicking it back away from another Stade defender towards Tuisova.
It was the lone bright moment for Toulon, who slumped to their third loss in four games and now sit third to last on the Top 14 ladder.
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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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