Lineoutv Chile
All 13 of them, in order, with your role, the call and your feedback. Tap your name. Then message me your plan — and make it a drill you can do on your own.
11 from 13. And we could have had 13.
Look at the two we lost. The 4th — their #6 attacks Rivers' arm in the air. That's a penalty to us; it's just very, very tough for the refereeing crew to spot. The 10th — a low throw picked off, and I guessed the finger was already broken by then. I don't know that. It's a guess.
Neither of those was a lineout Chile out-thought us on. 100% was there. That's a good place to be starting from — and everything below is about making sure we take it.
19 of 24
where required
7 of 18
7 of 12
4 of 13
5 of 12
That's the honest picture underneath a good result. Finish strong is counted only on the lineouts that need it — see below. The throw got to the apex 4 times in 13, and we broke the glass on 7 of the 12 we coded. None of that lost us a lineout on Saturday. But these are the numbers that decide whether we keep winning them when a side reads us better.
Worth being straight about this, because I've been coding it on every lift and that isn't fair on you. In a game, the finish is only required on certain lineouts:
So why do I ask for it on every rep at training? Because it's a habit and a real skill, and you don't get to choose which lineout it turns up on. Do it every time and it's automatic when it counts. I'll code it better in games from here — that one's on me.
Against Chile there were no Souths. That leaves the seven Norths and the two Oranges — 9 lineouts, 18 lifts, and we finished 7 of them. Every lift in this review now tells you whether the finish was required or not.
The main habit we're trying to build is that we don't lose to ourselves. If the opposition defence is good enough to read us and beat us, then fair play. But the better we build certain habits, the more lineouts we win.
Finish strong — 7 of the 18 lifts that needed it. The squat lift — step wide, then step to the inside foot, which breaks the glass. The throw is under — 9 of 13. Your page shows your version. Every one of these is a technique, not a fitness problem — which means every one of these is fixable this week.
When our lifters slip inside, we break the glass at a high percentage. When they slip out, we don't. I'm not saying stop slipping in — I'm saying the slip-in technique needs refining so we stop breaking the glass doing it. Same thing again: moving backwards we tend to keep our glass; moving forwards we break it. That goes straight to Kyle's own theory about ball-watching and drifting towards it.
Their read on each lineout, straight through. Where it lines up with mine, that's two sets of eyes telling you the same thing.
4 Man Charlie · Gap · Arrow Won
Good foot speed and execution · Broke glass
4 Man Charlie · Cancel · Arrow Won
Broke glass
5 Man Charlie · No · North Won
Broke glass
5 Man Charlie · Yes · North Lost
Well defended with insert, disrupted catch
5 Man Delta · Hong · North Won
Body shape in air poor · Good triggers and punch on maul
6 Man Foxy · No · North Won
Good triggers, punch and shear on maul · Need to be more urgent to get going again after their second hit
6 Man Foxy · No · North Won
Body shape in air poor · Shear and fight to stay square
5 Man Charlie · No · North Won
Good foot speed and execution · Need more leg drive in maul
4 Man Alpha · Yes · Orange Won
Didn't have +1, need to adapt
5 Man Delta · White · Arrow Lost
Body shape in air poor · Low throw
5 Man Delta · Hong · Arrow Won
Body shape in air poor
5 Man Delta · Red · Orange Won
No note.
5 Man Delta · Red · North Won
No punch, slow to triggers
So you know exactly what I'm looking for. Come to me on any of these to talk it through or get drills.
We are getting better. Rivers' delivery went from 0 of 5 on Tuesday to the best jump shape in the pod. Lachy is finishing. Sawyer's step into the lift is now the model for the whole pack. Josh has given us the answer on how to join a maul. Keelan is the reason the Foxy went forward. None of that is luck. Keep stacking it — high-level skills, built on purpose, so we never lose to ourselves.
Rory Cinnamond
Alex Post
Zac Cinnamond
Lachlan Doheny
Kyle Sullivan
Tyler McNutt
Pierce Mackinlay-West
Calum Scott
Sunia Fameitau
James Rivers
James Sawyer
Joshua Hrstich
Keelan Chapman
Rory Cinnamond
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
didn't finish strong ×3 · broke the glass ×2. If it happened twice against Chile it will happen again. This is the stuff to kill now — we lose to ourselves.
Finish strong — on the two that needed it 0 of 2 required liftsCarried from Tuesday
Two of your three lifts were on North calls — mauls — so the finish was the job. The 1st was an Arrow, off the top, so that one's a free hit. On the two that mattered we didn't get it. The good news is it's one fix, not three: you finish sideways. We have two front-lifter techniques. One mimics a scrum position — but for that you have to face forward; sideways is easy space to scrape under and you're pushing the wrong way. The other is the one in the video at the top of this page, closer to the back lifter's velcro. Switch to that one. It's easier, and it's the one I want.
Moving backwards square broke the glass on 2 of 3
You need to learn to move backwards square so you don't break the glass. It's the same picture both times. And it feeds the biggest thing I noticed all game — see the slip-in note on the home page.
Your boost is not the problem
Three lifts, three full boosts. You get up under the jumper every single time. That's the hard bit and you have it. What's left is one technique change after the peak.
The maul work
On time and good punch on every maul you were in — 5th, 6th and 7th. Movement was good on the 2nd too: on the move, ready to block or get into position after the lineout.
Alex Post
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
under ×4 · not straight ×2. If it happened twice against Chile it will happen again. This is the stuff to kill now — we lose to ourselves.
Length — the throw is landing under under on 4 of 8Carried from Tuesday
Four of your eight came in under — the same picture as Tuesday. But look at the other four: the 3rd, 4th and 5th were three in a row at apex. It's in there. And remember what's happening around you — we beat them on the ground and we beat them in the air. That's the pod doing its job. Now we want the throw doing its job, so we stop losing to ourselves. The cameras are set up. Use them, watch your throws, refine the technique.
Straightness not straight ×2
The 2nd and the 7th drifted. On the 2nd you had good height and it just wasn't straight — and us breaking the glass makes it worse. Lucky we didn't get pulled up. Tighten the follow-through action.
Report back to me
I want a report from you on the technical things to watch for in your throws when they're going well. Not what's broken — what's working. And on the 5th: I think a big splay of your arms can biomechanically create a wider channel for the power to go, which means the ball can travel across that wider channel too. If you've got a throwing coach, run it by them. If you don't, give it a go this week.
The middle of that first half
3rd, 4th, 5th — three in a row at apex. Right height, right time. The target is in you, and when the timing's right it lands.
Ground and air
Say it again: we beat them on the ground and in the air. The hookers have the toughest job by far and the pod around you was winning. Now match it.
Zac Cinnamond
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
Finish strong — and yours was a North 0 of 1 required liftCarried from Tuesday
Your one lift was a North, which means we're mauling, which means the finish is the job. Awesome boost, then the finish didn't come. That's the whole gap and it's a single skill. On Tuesday it was 0 of 6, so it's a habit we need to break now rather than later. Best part: you can fix this entirely on your own. Grab a tackle bag, do half-jump reps, work the technique. Watch the video at the top of this page. Message me the drill you pick.
The boost is there
Full boost. The engine is fine — nobody's asking you to get stronger. It's a technique change after the peak, nothing more.
Maul movement
3rd — in position on time, and we don't block each other.
Lachlan Doheny
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
broke the glass ×3. If it happened twice against Chile it will happen again. This is the stuff to kill now — we lose to ourselves.
The squat lift → the glass broke the glass on 3 of 4 lifts
This is the one thing I'd most like to get technically better, and it isn't only you — it's all of us. The squat lift makes you step wide and then eventually step to your inside foot, and that's a glass break every time. Part of breaking the glass is taking the jumper across with you. We don't want that: a loose throw that threatens to be not straight is made far worse by it.
Blocking — face the other way 1st
Something I've been meaning to talk to you about. Start blocking with your body facing the other way. You stay switched on and you're doing a good job — but you'll do better when you can see who you're meant to be blocking.
Near and far 4th
On this option you're technically near, so you must go far. As a result, even if we'd won this one, it wouldn't have been a very good maul. Know the rule for each option.
Best finisher in the pack
2 of 3 on the calls where the finish was actually required — plus one on an Arrow you didn't even have to do it on. On Tuesday it was 4 of 11. That's real movement, and it's the number the whole pack is chasing.
Boost, every time
4 of 4 full boosts. On the 6th your hand came through and it was close to a perfect lift — I went back, watched it again and changed the code. Well done.
The lift itself
Really nice lift on the 2nd. Make it better again with a closer grip and better follow-through towards the jumper's head. Keep repping it.
Kyle Sullivan
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
no boost ×4 · drill off (jump shape) ×5 · broke the glass ×5 · didn't finish strong ×2. If it happened twice against Chile it will happen again. This is the stuff to kill now — we lose to ourselves.
The boost — this is the one 0 of 4 liftsCarried from Tuesday
Four lifts, no boost on any of them. On Tuesday it was 4 fake and 5 no-boost, so this is the habit to break. On the 1st the grip looked a little wide with no intent to boost. On the 13th — even if we're mauling, we are still boosting. Here's the thing: you finished strong on 2 of the 3 lifts where it was required, and your delivery was 7 from 7. The technique is clearly available to you. The boost is the one piece left, and as lineout leader it's the one I most want you leading from the front on.
Jump shape — you jump in drill good on 2 of 7 jumpsCarried from Tuesday
Watch your jump from the behind camera Holmesy had. You jump in — on the 7th it's close to 20–30cm by my estimate. That one habit makes a straight throw look crooked and does the defence's job for them. It's fixable and it's worth a lot to us: you carried more jumps than anyone in this game, so moving this number moves the team's number more than anyone else's.
The glass 5 of 12Carried from Tuesday
Same theme as Tuesday. The big step in and carrying Tyler across on the 1st will cost us in future lineouts if we don't fix it. It's new to us and I back you to nail it quickly. But I want the ideas from you: draft me some drills and run them by me — jumping on the outside foot, running to the outside foot and shoulders. You already gave us the ball-watching theory, and I think you're right. Now give me the drill.
Delivery — 7 from 7
Every single jump, the ball came down clean to the right person. That is a serious number, and it is the entire point of everything else we do.
Finish strong — 2 of the 3 that counted
On the calls where the finish was actually required (9th, 12th, 13th) you got two of them. That's above the pack. Proof the skill is there.
The calling
The knowledge is there and the calling is great. Nobody's questioning what you know. The gap is entirely in what your body does.
Moving backwards
On the 8th and 9th you were better on the jump — and moving backwards seems to make our glass better. That's a real clue, and it goes to your own theory about ball-watching and drifting towards it.
Pierce Mackinlay-West
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
The maul hit — copy Josh 6th, 8th
It's not necessarily clear where you're meant to hit, and we'll clear that up this week — that part's on me. But here's the answer I think Josh has already given us: watch how he joins on the Foxys. It's almost like a rip / shoulder barge with one side. The alternative — flying in head first to get a bigger hit — I've never seen as smart. Copy Josh.
Get in line with the ball, fast 4th
As much as possible, move quickly to get in line with the ball. That way you don't block anyone in. Then we'll work on you three punching in together.
Your one jump was clean
9th — drill good, delivery clean, on an Orange. A handful of lineouts all week and you'd have run maybe one of these. You adapted and you nailed it. That's a good sign.
On time
3rd and 5th — in position on time, good punch, and we don't block each other.
Tyler McNutt
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
broke the glass ×2. If it happened twice against Chile it will happen again. This is the stuff to kill now — we lose to ourselves.
The glass — both reps 2 of 2
You largely don't break the glass — right up until your hop into the jump. That's the whole fault, and it's a small one to fix. On the 2nd, everything is technically great except the glass again.
Finish strong — drill it anyway 0 required lifts
Your only lift was an Arrow — off the top — so the finish genuinely wasn't required, and I'm not marking you down for it. Your instinct was right. But I still want it drilled every rep at training, because on a North or an Orange it's the whole job, and I want the habit there before we need it.
The jump looks great
1st — drill good and great delivery. The shape and the ball down are both there. Two reps, both technically strong.
Technically strong on the lift
2nd — boost there, everything technically great. It's only the glass.
Calum Scott
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
under ×5. If it happened twice against Chile it will happen again. This is the stuff to kill now — we lose to ourselves.
Length — the throws came in under 5 of 5
Five throws, five under. But read this bit carefully, because it is only length — the direction isn't the issue at all, and direction is the hard part. We need the length for when they get good reads and jump just in front of us, which is exactly what Chile did. The bit I actually care about is what you do with your week: turn this into a solo drill, tell me what it is, and warm up with that purpose.
Framing — know who you're preparing for 11th
I marked this one under because Kyle still goes up after catching, so maybe it's even slightly early. Still a nice throw. Have a look at the framing note on the home page — it's the tool for measuring exactly this.
Direction is not your problem
Not one of your throws was pulled up for being crooked. Every single one was straight — and the pod won 4 of your 5. Straightness is the hard part and you have it. Length is a distance problem, and distance problems get solved with reps.
You kept throwing
Five throws in a Test off the bench, including the 10th where my guess is the finger was already gone. You didn't hide from the next one.
Sunia Fameitau
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
didn't finish strong ×4. If it happened twice against Chile it will happen again. This is the stuff to kill now — we lose to ourselves.
Finish strong — the sideways finish 0 of 4 required lifts
Here's why this is your number one: all four of your lifts were on calls where the finish was required — two Norths and two Oranges. Nobody else had that. So this one skill is worth more to you than to anyone in the pack. It's also the same fault every time, which means it's one fix, not four: that sideways finish opens a little space underneath you and it's easy to scrape. On the 8th you're too wide and their #4 scrapes you because of the space we gifted him. Watch the video at the top of this page, then message me your drill.
More punch at the bottom 8th
Just a big shoulder charge — into safe spaces — that gets us some go-forward. The lift is done. Now finish the job on the ground.
Awesome lift
Boost on 4 of 4. Movement and arm transition on the 9th were good too. Nobody is questioning whether you can get him up there — that's the physical bit, and it's done.
Glass
Clean on 3 of your 4. Only the 13th.
James Rivers
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
didn't finish strong ×3 · broke the glass ×3. If it happened twice against Chile it will happen again. This is the stuff to kill now — we lose to ourselves.
Finish strong — velcro, then flood and reattach 2 of 4 required lifts
I want your front hip attached to the jumper's hip so there's no space — hence velcro. A little flood around the back is great, because you take out two players. But a flood and then reattaching to the other side is so much better for us. Look at what Keelan does on the 6th: he gets outside their D and floods, and you go with him. They lose five, we lose two. The cheat code is that they lose five and we stay attached and roll them. We haven't gone into this properly because of time. Have a go this week.
The squat lift → the glass broke the glass ×3
I'm keen for us to work on a better technique that isn't the squat lift. Too many of us do it: step wide, then lift to the inside foot, which is still breaking the glass. On the 13th your drill is good and there's just a step in. I want ideas from you and the jumpers on drills to fix it — bring them to me.
Boost follow-through hands splayCarried from Tuesday
Keep working on following through with your boost. It looks like your hands splay at the end. Tough to lift jumpers with no drill — you do a good job here despite that.
Best jump shape in the pod
3 from 3 on drill. Nobody else is at 100%. And on Tuesday your delivery was the flag — 0 of 5. It's now 2 of 3, with the best shape in the pod underneath it. That's exactly the kind of turnaround I'm after: you were told, and you moved it.
The 4th is a great picture
Yes, they defend in well — but our better drill and boost win the race in the air. Their #6 should be penalised here for attacking your arm; it's very tough for the refereeing crew to spot. Outstanding work.
Boost
4 of 5. The engine is there.
James Sawyer
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
Keep the habit on the off-the-top ones 11th
Small one, and it's a habit note rather than a fault: the 11th was an Arrow, off the top, so the finish wasn't required and I'm not marking you down. But I want it drilled every rep at training anyway, so it's automatic when it is required. You already showed on the 8th that you can do it, flood and all.
Slow to the spot on the 13th 13th
Slow to spots and no punch. There are a few factors in why that maul didn't go forward, and this is one of them.
100% where it counted
The 8th was a North — a maul — so the finish was the job. You got it, and it even looks like you get a cheeky flood in there. One required lift, one finish. Perfect record.
You are the reference point
Your step into the lift is the model I want. It's exactly the type of step I prefer, rather than the squat lift the rest of us do far too much of. I'm going to use your 11th as the picture for the whole group.
The save
12th — good save on the shove from the opposition by supporting Kyle. Nice positioning and timing.
Keelan Chapman
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
Timing to the hit 7th, 13th
A little late to hitting the maul on the 7th. I see you scrape and get a bit of go-forward, but they're very well drilled and someone else scrapes underneath you. On the 13th it's slow to spots and no punch — one of several factors in why that maul didn't go forward.
The transition — getting strong again 8th
There are a lot of moments in mauling where we start in a strong position, then get weak, and then have to find a way to get strong again. I'll come up with a better word than transition. You can see it right at the end of the 8th, where you get weak again because of great work from Chile. In future we adjust, and we get back to strength. This is the next layer for you.
You are the reason we go forward
6th — yes! Very clever. Good flood around the corner. But here's the cheat code: staying attached. The method to a good flood isn't that they lose 5 (which they do here) and we lose 2 (which we do here). It's that they lose 5, we stay attached, and we roll them.
Real maul go-forward
We got a lot of maul go-forward through you on the weekend, and we do again here. That's a genuine strength and it's new to us.
Positioning
5th and 12th — on time, good punch, nice positioning and timing.
Joshua Hrstich
Finish strong · front lifter
This is the technique I want. It's the single biggest habit we're building right now.
Read your lineouts, then message me your plan.
Turn your top work-on into a drill you can do on your own, tell me what it is, and ask me anything you're unsure about. Then warm up with that purpose and show me it's moved.
Slow to the spot on the 13th 13th
Slow to spots and no punch. There are a few factors in why that maul didn't go forward, and this is one of them. It's the outlier in your game — everything else was on time.
Your join is the model — I've told the others to copy it
How you join on the Foxys may be the answer to a problem the whole pack has. It's almost like a rip / shoulder barge with one side, rather than flying in head first, which I've never seen as smart. I've pointed Pierce at your clips and told him to copy it. That's leading with your body, not your voice — exactly what I want from the 8 and the captain. Hold that standard.
On time
6th and 7th — in position, on time, good punch.