We have a look at a massive hand-off by Waisake Naholo and Simone Favaro’s Big tackle on Nicolas Sanchez, and discuss how they did it.
Waisake Naholo Big fend on George North
Poor Tackle Assessment:
- No threat to attacker, hesitated and stopped his forward momentum got “stuck in the mud”
- North did not try to close the space between himself and Naholo
- No power step into the hit
- Upright body position
- Arms spread wide exposing his shoulders to injury and opened his chest as a target for the powerful Naholo to hand off
Simone Favaro Big tackle on Nicolas Sanchez
Positive Tackle Assessment:
- Closed the space down
- Won the race to the advantage line and made a positive hit on the attacker’s side of the advantage line
- Power step, foot in close to contact
- Attacked the ball in the hit with strong shoulder contact and aggressive arm wrap and squeeze
- Powerful leg drive to increase velocity and ferocity of the hit
Published by: RugbyIQ
