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Watch: Tongan Thor bends one like Beckham
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Queensland Reds and Wallaby front-rower Taniela Tupou, also known as the Tongan Thor might be an unlikely goalkicking option for Reds this season after slotting a banana from the sideline in practice.
With regular goalkicker Quade Cooper on the outer, Tupou will be keen to share this with new coach Brad Thorn. In the footage captured during the end of year Wallabies tour, Tupou bends one back like Beckham from well outside the left post.
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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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