Rugby

Ball carrying is the strongest element to my game.

I never expect to break a tackle but am very good at carrying momentum into the hit in a low and dynamic body position. I find the key to the hit is on the last step to plant your leading foot a bit further forward than you would normally do in a running stride, drop your shoulder on the same side as your leading foot (it should be as close to your knee as possible) and straighten your back (this makes it almost impossible for the tackler to wrap their arms unless they are tackling below the knee), once your weight is fully transferred to your leading foot drive up and out of the tackle. If you can do this unless the tackler is fully committed you will come out of the tackle relatively unscathed and because your body position is coming up it makes it easier to offload.

Our captain does this so well. Smashes me every time, and I'm a foot shorter than him. The only thing to do is to try and get deflected into the window between shoulder and leading leg. Not easy.

I get low, and well positioned. But I'm 85kg. It doesnt take much weight/timing to stop me. But like I said I dont lose the ball.

There is much talk of new rules for scrums, better pitches for scrums, and a strong England scrum. Sounds like hype to me. The ABs will at the very least hold their own, and murder us in the open.