Sentence examples for kick for position from inspiring English sources

In the second half Brock James would kick for position, he would kick for territory.

The Wallabies refused to kick for position, and repeatedly ran at the heart of the New Zealand defense.

32 min: Tuqiri runs a Dawson kick back at England, but diving over the top gives England a chance to kick for position and win an attacking lineout.

That was the intended effect but, coupled with the introduction of the variations, it saw teams kick for position rather than try to run in their own half.

This approach also leads to a lot of penalties because the opposition become frustrated at their inability to get the ball back, and this gives Exeter the chance to kick for position in the opposition 22, which brings the driven lineout into play.

Until Toulon sense they have sides on the ropes, Wilkinson is happy to kick for position and points, taking drop goals to keep the scoreboard ticking over when there's nothing else on, only releasing his runners when the opposition lose their shape.

As Exeter faded, Ospreys were more aware of when to counterattack in the second half, kicking for position when nothing was on.

This has a chance of working, though, only if Paterson has first been convinced that going for the three points, rather than kicking for position - as he did with such painful results against Italy - is the preferred option.

They kept the ball in hand in the opening half rather than kicking for position, looking to their offloading to thwart their opponents' strategy of double-tackling, one going high and the other low to prevent release of the ball.

At that point, after a couple of astute kicks for position, he looked the coming man every bit as much as he had at the end of last season, albeit as a full-back cum centre.

England seemed so surprised by not being confronted with what they expected that they persisted with their gameplan of kicking for position in the first half, even with turnover possession, rather than keeping the ball in hand and taking play through phases.