Ireland’s Simon Zebo is hoping to play more heads up rugby when the RBS 6 Nations rolls around as the men in green look to make it three straight titles.
The 2014 and 2015 champions looked strong during the World Cup before falling at the quarter-final stage to Argentina, as the southern hemisphere dominated the semi-finals. And Zebo believes the teams up north need to show they can think on their feet like the best teams down south. “The game is played heads up and 80 percent of the game is going to be played in phases and playing what you see, you have to be able to do that. That’s the way I try and play the game,” he told the Irish Independent. “If we want to succeed on that world stage where there’s teams like New Zealand and Australia we might maybe have to do that a little bit more. “I do enjoy it, I just love getting my hands on the ball. Sometimes I get fed up on the wing where I’m just hanging out there waiting for the passes to come and they don’t come. It’s really frustrating. “I’m more than happy to go in and set up other people, to assist and just make things happen. Sometimes we fall into structures and it’s not exciting as a player and it can get easy for defences. “It’s something I took upon myself to go in and change it up, I’m more than happy to go in first-receiver or wherever.”
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