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- Byron: The ⁓ Stormers had a fun five meter tap play. I don't know if you saw it, the ⁓ handing it off to the guy in the back was supposed to be doing the driving. I thought that was pretty smart. ⁓ But even this weekend, ⁓ did you see some of the five meter tap place? There was, ⁓ who was it? There was one from ⁓ Moana where they did the five meter tap. Chad: Yep. What one of Pacifica? ⁓ those ones, okay. with the line out in the middle field. And it worked. Yeah. Byron: formed a line-up and it scored from it. And it also worked in the Japanese league. I didn't catch which team did it but they did the same thing five meters tap and play and went through and scored. Chad: Did you see on Moira and Pacifica's Instagram page they tagged S.A. Rugby and said straight out of Russie's book? Byron: Well, the commentators even said something along the lines of, look, they're trying a springbok move or some nonsense like that. Yeah. No, was super exciting. Japan, successful. They also did a five meters out and scored the tryout. One of the teams in Japan. And then Moana doing it was pretty cool. Also in the Begle game, Begle Bath, they scored off a five meter tap, ⁓ which I'm excited about because I've always wondered... Chad: Yeah. Byron: why teams weren't being more creative with it. And now we're starting to become like ⁓ a proper, proper attacking platform, the five meter tap. And I think what's gonna start happening is we're gonna start seeing ⁓ five meter tap penalty plays that our second, third, fourth play tap and goes. I think it's just gonna. Chad: Yeah. Yeah. 100 % agree. Byron: keep getting more and more, because the move always was if you're that far out, kick for the line out, take the line out, time all it over. But if you're not dominating the line outs, which I don't know if you've noticed lately, isn't that common for a team to go like 100 % on their own line out throws in a game anymore. Chad: Yeah, true. Haven't noticed it, but... Byron: Yeah, there's a lot of in the air competition and then just hookers being shit at throwing, which I find I just I find that crazy to be at that level and you still fuck it up. Chad: Yeah. Yeah. Byron: Especially a two ball, how do you throw a two ball skew when you've thrown 50,000 of them? Chad: in one season. Byron: Exactly. Like I don't get it. Like I get you're trying to be like careful so that it's not straight down and you want it on the inside shoulder. But you can't be getting it wrong, wrong. Like I just I don't get it. ⁓ But anyway, where was I? ⁓ yeah, the five meter tap in place. I think they're going to keep getting more and more creative. ⁓ They are fun to watch. And then every now and then it's just you get like what's his name from? Chad: I hope so, they're fun to watch. Byron: Lansdor the number the hooker the number two Sheehan? I think Dan Sheehan? I could be mistaken if I am. Apologies. Anyway, him. For whatever reason, he always makes ground after first contact. So from five meters out, if he gets a run up, it's hard to stop someone like him. That's just the power play. Then you get all these new creative ones where you're passing off the back. Exciting. A new fun thing to look out for when watching rugby. Chad: Yeah. Yeah. I'm keen to see those tapping and tapping goes with when the spring box come. come back, which is soon, because Asanati's hands for a prop are unreal. He passes like an outside center. It's so good. Byron: And you have to commit to tackling him as well because of his size. Yeah, so you can't be like, ⁓ I might need to hop off or I'm going to tackle him high so that he doesn't offload. No. He'll eat you. Chad: Yeah, you could not. More than one. Yeah, because if he doesn't, you're going nowhere but backwards. Byron: You're lucky if you only go backwards. Chad: So yeah, it'll be fun to see. Cause we'll have who like, you get Marks or Ox or anyone, tap the ball. Yeah. Byron: So many names. Peter Smith coming at pace. Chad: Yeah, imagine Asunati gets it, pops it off too. Byron: Slemon, cause Slemon runs in and as he makes contact the ball magically goes over someone else's head and it's a one handed offload. Chad: It's not long now, Byron. Byron: Yeah, anyway,