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Below we look at the ratio of kick types every eight years at the Rugby World Cup. At the earlier editions of the tournament, kicking for territory was the favoured option, with roughly half of all kicks going deep and long.

While kicking for territory is still the most favoured kick type, it now makes up less than a third of all kicks as teams evolve their kicking game. Box kicking has seen the most dramatic rise over the course of the Rugby World Cup. In , one in every 20 kicks could be classified as a box kick, compared to almost a quarter of all kicks at the tournament in Japan. Hanging the ball high from the base of a ruck or maul with an organised chase is now a popular method, allowing wingers time to contest the ball and defensive systems to get organised, snuffing out any potential counter attacks early.

Teams are now opting to play a lower risk form of rugby. The inaugural World Cup saw 30 offloads per match — double the total of the tournament — and passes out of contact have declined almost every year, except for a slight resurgence in Unsurprisingly, there has been a strong correlation with this risk-averse style of play and the number of turnovers conceded per game. Once again, the total conceded in the Rugby World Cup was almost half of the edition — though this has remained steady since The lower number of turnovers has had an effect on the number of possessions in an average match, as well as the average number of phases in a possession.

Total possessions per game has steadily come down since , although with a slight increase between and The average number of phases per possession has continued to rise in this time, suggesting that the increase in ball in play time — over two minutes extra — has allowed for more possessions to take place before the final whistle.

To test this theory, we looked at how role of the forward has evolved by viewing their stats as a proportion of the overall team totals. One of the gradual changes has been the proportion of carries made, increasing almost every year until a slight drop in It is interesting to note though that while forwards have made a greater share of the carries in recent years, their metres and clean breaks have fallen. This suggests that members of the forward pack are carrying into contact more often, making it harder to gain metres and make breaks but could also explain the rise in defenders beaten — with forwards often able to shake off one or two would-be tacklers before going to ground.

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