Dive pass!
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 12:25 pm
4mins 50 secs Eng v Fra, can't remember the last time i saw that.
What's the difference? Genuine question.Monk Zombie wrote:tbf - i think Globby is talking about the swan-dive pass
i'm just taking the piss boetTim. wrote:What's the difference? Genuine question.Monk Zombie wrote:tbf - i think Globby is talking about the swan-dive pass
One is graceful and dramatic, the other resembles a kettlebell swing and was necessary to propel wet heavy leather balls over 10 yards.Tim. wrote:What's the difference? Genuine question.Monk Zombie wrote:tbf - i think Globby is talking about the swan-dive pass
My bad, sorry.Monk Zombie wrote:i'm just taking the piss boetTim. wrote:What's the difference? Genuine question.Monk Zombie wrote:tbf - i think Globby is talking about the swan-dive pass
Sad end coming same as Jonahtroglodiet wrote:Best example. Beautifully executed. Most important dive pass in history.
By one of the best scrum halves in history.
Cause of the most Kiwias tears in history.
A pass that lead to SA being a nation united for a while.
I'm not sure how to feel about seeing this photo today.
Edit. Wrong photo....
Laurent wrote:Sad end coming same as Jonahtroglodiet wrote:Best example. Beautifully executed. Most important dive pass in history.
By one of the best scrum halves in history.
Cause of the most Kiwias tears in history.
A pass that lead to SA being a nation united for a while.
I'm not sure how to feel about seeing this photo today.
Edit. Wrong photo....
Agreed. Chances of making it to the next breakdown as quickly as from a standing pass are unlikely.CrazyIslander wrote:It's a skill that should only be used in an emergency.
That's awesome.Nieghorn wrote:
No. 3 ??Smee wrote:That's awesome.Nieghorn wrote:
I used to hit them, I promise.Yourmother wrote:I had no idea they were nearly extinct. Things of beauty, like the spiral kick.
I could kick them as well. But played in forwards myself so no opportunity to use it. Just occasionally you'd kick a peach, and it would just hit "the jetstream" and keep on flying for a mile.globus wrote:I used to hit them, I promise.Yourmother wrote:I had no idea they were nearly extinct. Things of beauty, like the spiral kick.
Laces to the top; hit it with a bit of side. Used to go straight then bend at the last moment amazingly.
Depends on the wind though. You don't hit them in a gale. Unless it's behind you.
I banged a stonker at Ipswich. In our 22. Ended up about 6 yards from their corner flag.
Line-out won against them and I fooled the 7. Nice try.
I was named "swivel hips" after that.
They go further but there's far less margin of error and accuracy than on an end-over-end punt. Willie le Roux still does them now and then and ends up slicing them straight out half the time.Yourmother wrote:I could kick them as well. But played in forwards myself so no opportunity to use it. Just occasionally you'd kick a peach, and it would just hit "the jetstream" and keep on flying for a mile.globus wrote:I used to hit them, I promise.Yourmother wrote:I had no idea they were nearly extinct. Things of beauty, like the spiral kick.
Laces to the top; hit it with a bit of side. Used to go straight then bend at the last moment amazingly.
Depends on the wind though. You don't hit them in a gale. Unless it's behind you.
I banged a stonker at Ipswich. In our 22. Ended up about 6 yards from their corner flag.
Line-out won against them and I fooled the 7. Nice try.
I was named "swivel hips" after that.
What killed them? I think they're actually harder to catch than end over end. I guess it was the unpredictableness of them.
Danie did it because he was a little guy, and it was the only way he could get a long, fast pass.Botha Boy wrote:Its a Craven move ... best avoided these days ...
He apparently played no.8 in one test???Fangle wrote:Danie did it because he was a little guy, and it was the only way he could get a long, fast pass.Botha Boy wrote:Its a Craven move ... best avoided these days ...
His was the first rugby coaching manual i read back in the ... 70's/80's ... but the dive pass was exalted as the ultimate way for a scrum-half to get the ball away.Fangle wrote:Danie did it because he was a little guy, and it was the only way he could get a long, fast pass.Botha Boy wrote:Its a Craven move ... best avoided these days ...
Anyone?Uncle Fester wrote:He apparently played no.8 in one test???Fangle wrote:Danie did it because he was a little guy, and it was the only way he could get a long, fast pass.Botha Boy wrote:Its a Craven move ... best avoided these days ...
sounds legitUncle Fester wrote:Anyone?Uncle Fester wrote:He apparently played no.8 in one test???Fangle wrote:Danie did it because he was a little guy, and it was the only way he could get a long, fast pass.Botha Boy wrote:Its a Craven move ... best avoided these days ...
He came late to rugby; barefoot on the farm, Craven played soccer as a boy and did not turn to the oval ball until he was 13. But he became one of the most versatile international players there has been, making his name as a dive-passing scrum- half but also playing for South Africa at centre, outside-half and No 8: the four different positions in four games against Australia in 1933.