Pitch Demo: Sam Warburton breakdown masterclass | Rugby Tonight

[@usarugbyleagueunionfan]

It happens in light speed during a game. So refreshing to know the mechanics of it.

[@olliewhite2020]

What I will say about the croc roll is that its a fantastic technique that I use when clearing a ruck in the event of a jackal, but you must try and tuck your head into the other persons side on the side you are going to twist them or otherwise they are just gonna land on your head when you do twist them, you don't exactly want someone who's about 17-18 stone landing on your head do you haha.

[@wexham08]

+Ollie White Happened the other day. Hurt like fuck after xD

[@olliewhite2020]

wexham08 commented this and ironically I was on the other side jackling the ball and someone did this to me and my leg locked in the ground and I tore my groin :/

[@wexham08]

Ah man I cringed reading that. Painful af.

[@josephphilpin7811]

I play and the other team had a player who was about 16 stone and crushed me when I done that

[@myroseaccount]

Given the injury today to Jack Willis the croc roll is going to get outlawed

[@halaltraders786]

I wish our sports networks in the states did the same for American football. God this is brilliant!

[@saunders317]

90% of this is good but the technique the player at 3:55 uses isn't safe for two reasons. The two things we always want to prevent in rugby are collisions with the head, and excess pressure on the neck/spine. Teaching a player to put their head directly underneath the opponent's in a clear out is going to result in head-on-head collisions when it's done at full speed. Warburton's technique at 1:45 with the shoulder-on-shoulder positioning prevents this. Whether it's a tackle or a ruck, we want to avoid putting players in straight-on collisions which force the spine and neck to absorb the impact. Moving the point of contact to the shoulder takes all of that risk away and is a more effective technique anyway, so there is really no excuse to be entering a ruck head-first like this.

[@QuarterSW1NG]

I was thinking the same thing mate. I wonder if the bald dude knows what he’s upto?

[@noahwarne3448]

the bald dude speaking rubbish, that's what i was thinking

[@olliefleetwood6796]

Warbo was always so great around the breakdown! Great vid🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@benrawson007]

This is now illegal and quite rightly so.

[@DJCam87]

It's mental to see how this has aged as 5 years seems like nothing but... the laws/interpretation is so much different an Sam Warburton is now saying players shouldn't blast through rucks an onto people's backs for player welfare (rightly so of course haha!)

[@symeremeyers4148]

1:14 why does the team in black look like all their players are about 3 times the size of the team in white ? Is it a distorted perspective for my the angle ?

[@vonianinamua9190]

Good Technique

[@ay613]

That was good.

[@maryshelley6394]

English analysis greatly excels us Kiwis. this doesn't bode well.

[@Filistyler]

Are you kidding? This is a TV show and this is basic stuff...wait on, Mary right...go make me a sandwich and stick to what you know best.

[@christopherhill8821]

Blaze77 🤔 no suppose it turns out she wasn’t! Enjoy yer sandwich.

[@mrb6112]

Croc roll = busted knee. Not a play for modern rugby.

[@LawrenceDuffin]

brill

[@yeniaguero9964]

isn't it dangerous for that defender in the third ruck to have his head down? Shouldn't he be looking forward to see what is coming at him to prevent injury to his neck and head?

[@newglorydays-yu6bb]

Yes it is dangerous

[@danlambert100]

Pocock and McCaw are in a league of their own - I don't think anyone would expect Warburton to be at their level. The law is that the head /shoulders has to be at or above hip level when entering the ruck but do any refs actually police or enforce this?

[@dchang11]

There's a reason he was appointed Lions captain twice.

[@kenjaminkranklin7760]

Can't tell who's on what team well. Wish they'd used different colour tops for the demo team. Still don't understand the rules fully

[@mitchelljack1590]

Pocock for sure - definitely not Hooper

[@hphenderson85]

I dont rate warburton technical ability vs the likes of pocock, hooper, or mccaw... he's a physical beast of a flanker, me thinks gatland should use him more that way, give faletau a brother in the battle and try find a genuine 7..

[@cruffatin]

What are you talking about? 7s have different styles of course so of course he's different to McCaw and Pocock, if you juxtapose say Justin Tipuric and Francois Louw its pretty clear they're both brilliant players, brilliant 7s but pretty different. But Warburton's technical ability in the jackal (if that's what you mean) is fantastic and I'd go so far to say that he's a cut above the majority of jackaling 7s in the Northern Hemisphere along with Tipuric (Wales are pretty lucky in that regard) and comfortably in league with the McCaws and Pococks of the game. Not to say that there aren't good 7s about in the NH of course; O'Brien is a destructive ball carrier and Robshaw is industrious in attack and defence but they aren't jackals in the same sense. He is becoming more of a ball carrier these days though but I'd say that's more of a rounding of his game as opposed to a stylistic change; his mix of ball carrying, important tackles and crucial jackals in the Wales-Ireland game being a perfect example of it.

[@mitchelljack1590]

Hooper is bang average technical ability - he's just a work horse

[@locust25VI]

this show is so British lol

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

We still covering the rapture?

[@ClippedByEgo]

Who is here from WCS

[@Ronnie_lego]

All scrum half’s here

[@initialbreez]

Was that WillNE? xD

[@bleachdrinker6915]

Where was will

[@pizdovolk]

Заебись.

[@monkewithagun6538]

Big chungus