day. "You ste cee cartes qaortee moh may geod chance of beating: Ml} at the' Canidrome on Christmas after noon. The visitors "put up a very good show last Sunday morning, and the score of 27 points to six was a fair representation of U.cir superior ily over the U.S. Marines. The Marines, however, are an inexperlenced side, especially outside the scrum. 'Their three-quarters as an attacking force were useless; many of them seemed not to know what to-do with the ball when they got it, and they had obviously never been' instructed importance of finding touch. In defence they tackled well, but their' inexperience was again monstrated "by the eagerness with which they repeatedly" bought the dummy. The Japanese, therefore, wore not given anything like the test they will get on Friday, and there was very ttle to indicate how they would Behave against " team which able to. match manoeuvre with manquvre, is probably a shade fosier outside, and possesses a pack that can take the ball on with its fect the best Scottish tradition.
Three Essentials There were, however, one or two Sitch Aossons. which. should be learnt by ¢h any team that is going to beat them, The first is the necessity: for close marking.. The second, the. absolute, essential "of quick healing, since the Japanese play a five-eighths who may easily prevent the ball from. getting to the three-quarters, 'The. third. the necessity for quick breaking the Japanese break very quickly an back "up their threes excellent! 'These are elementary requirements, and are only mentioned here because they' were not conspicuous In. the wat match played on Sunday after: noon.
Of more interest is the Jo method of packing down. This three, two, two formation," with the last two Pushing Inwards as well as forward. This made the focal Point of their shove their hooker, Who was also the most powerful man in their pack. Against the three, two, three formation pushing forward, the Japanese method has one obvious advantage. Tt directs the greatest force of their shove against the opposing hooker, who Jv in the usual orthodox. formation, the man who does the least actual shoving of Jany man in the serum,
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