'I don't want to talk about Sexton too much cos he's an old man!'
Ireland’s left wing still did damage with ball in hand as he carried for over 130 metres but these days, his passing and kicking are arguably as influential for Ireland as his running power.
Both of these passes come out on Lowe’s left wing. The real value he adds is all over the rest of the pitch. Lowe has license to roam for Ireland and be part of the chains of short passes they use to confound defences. We see a simple example below. Watch how Lowe starts behind a pod of two Irish forwards, then links the passing chain from Jack Crowley to Jimmy O’Brien, who adeptly slips Aki into a sliver of space.
“Just watching him and what he does and looks for. I sat down and watched him for a fair bit and things started clicking. It wasn’t perfect on Saturday but I think it’s heading in the right direction.”What is it that Johnny Sexton does so well in those positions?“But he knows his limitations and what to look for. Half the time, he’s just looking at what the defence does and that then dictates his pace, depth, and timing onto the ball to make sure he doesn’t get whacked ball-and-all.
“I probably do need to practice because I didn’t know my toe was out but I thought I put the ball on the line anyway, so I didn’t think it was a try straight away. It’s one of those things that sort of happen once a year where you get the opportunity to try and finish like that.”“I’m glad we were awarded the try. I don’t think it was a try but that’s the fortune of playing at home. That decision is a 50/50 and we’re away from home and I don’t think it’s a try.
“When you see people going for intercepts, you sometimes see it as sort of a last resort, but I guess how we’re trained and conditioned to defend now – it’s just getting up into space. Among his defensive highlights in this Six Nations has also been a big jackal turnover penalty close to Ireland’s tryline.“You don’t get many opportunities,” said Lowe of that rare breakdown steal.
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