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Australia rugby - little deception

I am a former rugby player. I have recently seen wallaby action.I know about Australia rugby and deception and I give details of my deceptive practices.

Recent wallaby action

Personal video taken at Camp Wallaby showing wallaby deception

I say Camp Wallaby...
...I was camping......and I saw a wallaby.

Uh oh...
Now I think about it...
...it`s a bit big for a wallaby...maybe it`s an Eastern Grey Kangaroo!

I did mention a little deception is involved?...
...yes I thought so.

Little good comes from deception ... you may think...
...like using deception to extract money from others is bad...
...but deception surprises and to avoid loss of life in conflict...
...from a battering, full frontal attack is good.

Australia rugby - deception, rugby sidestep

Over the years Australia has provided...
...plenty of enjoyable rugby for rugby supporters...
...and plenty of victories

Thinking about individual rugby skills...
...only a few players come to mind...
...as being truly able to deceive opponents one-on-one.

One is Ken Wright who played Union and League in the 1970s
See an excellent example...
... of his sidestepping ability...
...in the 3rd Test against The All Blacks in 1978.
Find this on the excellent rugby DVD "Rugby in the 70s"...
...my dvd player showed it at 2:6: 42:30

Hipwell gathers an akward ball from a line-out...
...he passes, missing five-eigth Tony Melrose...
...the ball going straight to ...
...inside centre Ken Wright.

Wright`s fantastic sidestep takes him in behind...
...the All Blacks defence...
...and he races across field before...
...Greg Cornelsen goes in at the corner...
...and gets his third try of four tries for the day...
...in a memorable win for the Australian Rugby team

Andrew Walker is another...I`m going from memory...
...so I don`t have any footage to mention.

And...
...they seek him here, they seek him there...
...it seemed to be so hard to catch...
...the amazingly elusive rugby winger...

...David Campese

Australia rugby - now lacks sidesteps

Like most rugby nations, Australia seem to...
...now concentrate on bigger and bigger players...
...barging past smaller big players!

Sometimes complex moves are used...
...to try and create breaches in defences.

But surely it cannot go on forever...
...unless the laws are changed to make it even more like NFL.

A time must arrive when individual evasion skills...
...will be valued again at the elite level...
...when an agile, evasive smaller big player...
...is able to get past a larger big player!

Be ready - learn to sidestep!

Australia rugby - sidestep practice

All is not lost - the dark arts...
...of the rugby sidstep are being kept alive...
...by dedicated practioners...
...in secret locations.

Note - the sounds on the...
...above video are Australian Kookaburras...
...not spectators - as has been suggested.

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