Is kicking too easy?

To move the ball into space rather than take contact requires the space to be there. It is difficult to create space against a well-organised defence, look at Ireland last weekend, the only space they created was through the chip ahead for Ringrose's try. If a well-organised defence takes away the space then the attacking team are left only with the option of taking contact or kicking, on both occasions hoping for a defensive error. Referees need to be really strict on offside lines, keeping players back, particularly from scrums when the tight location of 16 players should lead to more space being available.

Point taken Marigold, however as a coach I would prefer my team to play the same way all the time, as the All Blacks do, than changing the game to suit the opposition.

Yes, but we are playing the same way all the time and that’s what matters!😂😂

Richard, the width approach doesn’t allow for the line speed of the defenders as they close down the attackers. You cannot pass the ball across the pitch quickly enough for it to stop the last defender closing down the last receiver. In order to penetrate a defence something has to change - the speed of the runner, the direction of the runner or the point of attack. Even then it often requires an error by the defence or the creation of a mismatch for an attack to penetrate. When I coached I used a lot of ideas from American Football. One was the simple approach - an offensive unit sets out its structure but so does the defensive unit. Sometimes what the defence does cancels out the offence so the quarterback has to go to a back-up play. That happens increasingly now in top-level rugby, particularly with England.