Tactical kicking is winning matches

In the Northern Hemisphere.... 

However, it still important on hard fast pitches as well- just for diversity to keep the opposing defence guessing. It helps when lots of the backline players can do grubber kicks. It works well for rush defences. 

The up and under is overused in SA, it needs to be balanced with more grubber kicks, from more players in the backline.

Well duhhhhhhhh!!!

Tactical kicking is a weapon and if used correctly can be very dangerous.

There is a very big difference between "tactical kicking" and kicking possession away ... so please Moffie ... and Toadie ... don't mistake the two for being the same thing.

Shame ... and so ends Moffie's attempt at exalting Morne Steyn ... haaaaaaahahahahahahaaa!!!

CC

I was one who thought Ireland was unbeatable and I looked at the game carefully.   I think Jones studied  the Irish game plan in every detail and came up with a plan to beat them.   The plot  centered  around neutralizing the Irish normal weapons, the main one was box-kicking and Murray became a dead loss to the Irish,

You know our local duds do not know the difference between  strategic (tactical) kicking and aimless kicking.    They do not know that aimless kicking result  in possession handover often associated by territory loss as well.   

In the Irish - English test yesterday the English limited their kicking game drastically and the scrummie made much less box kicks than Murray did,    

Jones is not an idiot as a coach - he can use tactics to neutralize the opposition weapons and in this case it was their aimless kicking game.   Remember the way the Japanese buried the Springboks in the WC in 2015,     Jones knew exactly what to expect from the geriatrics in Meyer's team and  use their ineffectiveness to the benefit of the Japanese.   He did the same with  the Irish yesterday,              

Great game in Varsity Cup,UWC nearly beating UCT   last Monday.

Chester Williams has a good team ,their first time in the top league.

They try encourage running rugby with 9 point goals but UCT needed to kick much to survive.
Chipping over the top was utilized well with these tight defences and seems the best option these days.Either a grubber of neat chip into space.

I have to agree that you can't always run the ball all over the park. It is great for Fans but add a lot of risk. Just look at how Ireland capitulated by trying to run the ball out of their own 22. 

I think a chip over the top would put a lot of pressure on the English to fall back as their press defence left them exposed. Had they did that the back line players would have not come up so fast which would have afforded the time to try and run the ball up. 

But I'm also not a Fan of excessive kicking, especially when you have 2 kickers playing ping pong. 

SA teams use to do that to each other all the time and it use take up a lot of time, you have the guy catch, run for 5 meters, hoof it in the air, let the winger chase and the receiving kicker does the same. 

But you need special players that can do that in the modern game. To me it is Aaron smith and Connor Murray who makes a huge difference.